
The Aeneid
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Michael Page
After a century of civil strife in Rome and Italy, the poet Virgil wrote The Aeneid to honor the emperor Augustus by praising Aeneas, Augustus's legendary ancestor. As a patriotic epic imitating Homer, The Aeneid also set out to provide Rome with a literature equal to that of Greece.
It tells of Aeneas, survivor of the sack of Troy, and of his seven-year journey: to Carthage, where he fell tragically in love with Queen Dido; to the underworld, in the company of the Sibyl of Cumae; and, finally, to Italy, where he founded Rome. It is a story of defeat and exile, and of love and war.
Virgil's Aeneid is as eternal as Rome itself, a sweeping epic of arms and heroism - the searching portrait of a man caught between love and duty, human feeling, and the force of fate. Filled with drama, passion, and the universal pathos that only a masterpiece can express. The Aeneid is a book for all the time and all people. This version of The Aeneid is the classic translation by John Dryden.
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Page brings Dryden's genuis to life.
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Overall I enjoyed the book. However, it became slightly harder to follow for me once they got to Italy. It became the Roman propaganda I figured it would once that point is reached. IE everything Aeneus does is glorified whereas earlier on we see more of his flaws. I still highly enjoyed The Aeneid that just bugged me a bit. Considering that Augustus personally employed Virgil to write it, I can't help but believe he reviewed it and edited parts of it.
Where the Roman believed they originated
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Say what you want about Aeneas being a straight arrow. Compare him unfavorably to the wily, many-sided Odysseus. Dismiss the Roman patriotism as propagandistic toadyism. There remains something grand in the ideals here expressed. Subversion is not the only gambit available to poets. And if you listen closely, Virgil’s vision is not unclouded by ambiguities.
Overall, Michael Page does a fine job. Though reading heroic couplets, I do wish he would strive less for the heroic declaration (the faint echo in the room tone doesn't help, either). But he’s miles better than Simon Callow’s deep-breathing exercises.
To tame the proud, the fetter’d slave to free…
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Overall, I recommend the audio book if you're a John Dryden fan, I have not listened to any other translations. I was not disappointed by the poetry or performance but by the story itself.
Performance was great subject matter was not.
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A Classic
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A classic epic poem
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The Roman Odyssey and foundation story
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Classic story of Aneas
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John Dryden’s Brilliance
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But unfortunately it is a tad confusing.
It’s in no part the story’s part but only my listening and modern ear’s fault.
Glad to hear this Latin Epic
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