Virgil's "Aeneid": A Retelling in Prose
Author | : David Bruce |
Publisher | : Lulu.com |
Total Pages | : 282 |
Release | : 2012-12-21 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781312139862 |
ISBN-13 | : 1312139862 |
Rating | : 4/5 (862 Downloads) |
Download or read book Virgil's "Aeneid": A Retelling in Prose written by David Bruce and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012-12-21 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a retelling in novel form of the Latin epic poem "Aeneid" by Virgil. My theme is war and a particular man-a man driven by destiny to abandon Troy and sail to western Italy to fulfill his fate of founding the people who would build Rome. Fulfilling his destiny was not easy. Juno, the wife of Jupiter, the king of gods and men, opposed him, as did many warriors. They did not want him to bring his household gods-the Penates-to Latium on the western coast of Italy, to found the city of Lavinium, and to marry Lavinia and become the ancestor of the Romans.