The Aeneid. Introduction, new translation and notes by Paul Veyne.
Beautiful Letters| N° d'inventaire | 17478 |
| Format | 13 x 20 |
| Détails | vol. 1: 343 p., vol. 2: 420 p., paperback in slipcase. |
| Publication | Paris, 2013 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782251802282 |
"Was it the exploits of Aeneas that captivated the ancient and modern readers of the poem? Was it the quiet violence of the Iliad that they were looking for there? They would not have found it there, for, quite different from the Homeric epics, the Aeneid is a symphony with harmony as learned as it is limpid, graceful without mawkishness, veiled in a slight melancholy. Virgil is the most Mozartian of ancient poets. The admiring Roman readers must have felt that henceforth the Iliad was only a crude sketch of the Virgilian epic." Paul Veyne
"Was it the exploits of Aeneas that captivated the ancient and modern readers of the poem? Was it the quiet violence of the Iliad that they were looking for there? They would not have found it there, for, quite different from the Homeric epics, the Aeneid is a symphony with harmony as learned as it is limpid, graceful without mawkishness, veiled in a slight melancholy. Virgil is the most Mozartian of ancient poets. The admiring Roman readers must have felt that henceforth the Iliad was only a crude sketch of the Virgilian epic." Paul Veyne