The Eclogues, Georgics and Aeneid of Virgil by Cecil Day-Lewis, Virgil

The Eclogues, Georgics and Aeneid of Virgil

Cecil Day-Lewis, Virgil

529 pages first pub 107 (editions)

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Though it is very different in its rhythms from Virgil's hexameter, the translation is made line for line, with a minimum of padding or omission. In the Aeneid he has evolved a long, loosely flowing line which catches the subtleties, the taut vigo...

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