Aeneid Book VI: A New Verse Translation

by Virgil, H E Butler, Harold Edgeworth 1878-1951 Butler

Book Overview

A masterpiece from one of the greatest poets of the century

In a momentous publication, Seamus Heaney's translation of Book VI of the Aeneid, Virgil's epic poem composed sometime between 29 and 19 BC, follows the hero, Aeneas, on his descent into the underworld. In Stepping Stones, a book of interviews conducted by Dennis O'Driscoll, Heaney acknowledged the significance of the poem to his writing, noting that "there's...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0374104190
• ISBN13: 9780374104191
• Release Date: May 2016
• Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.3" x 9.2"