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0300256612 pdf A biography of Vergil, Romes greatest poet, by the acclaimed translator of the Aeneid Ms. Ruden has converted the writer of the Aeneid from a noble and stodgy ancient into our contemporary . . . persuasively re-imagined [as] a sympathetic, three-dimensional figure. . . . The existence of the Aeneid is cause for gratitude. So is Ms. Rudens sensitive, celebratory portrait of its maker.Willard Spiegelman, Wall Street Journal The Aeneid stands as a towering work of Classical Roman literature and a gripping dramatization of the best and worst of human nature. In the process of creating this epic poem, Vergil (7019 BCE) became the worlds first media celebrity, a living legend. But the real Vergil is a shadowy figure we know that he was born into a modest rural family, that he led a private and solitary life, and that, in spite of poor health and unusual emotional vulnerabilities, he worked tirelessly to achieve exquisite new effects in verse. Vergils most famous work, the Read more