Monday, January 29, 2007

New Translation of the Aeneid


A new translation of Virgil's Aeneid by Robert Fagles (who has also translated the Iliad and the Odyssey) has come out recently. Here are a couple of interesting reviews from the Sydney Morning Herald and Time magazine, which starts: "At school, I loathed Latin, in general, but I detested Virgil in particular..."

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

How can a person detest Virgil in particular when there's Livy to consider?