The Aeneid

The Aeneid
by Virgil

The Aeneid
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Book Summary Information

Author: Virgil
Introduction: Bernard Knox
Translator: Robert Fagles
Edition: Music CD
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Format: Audiobook, Unabridged
Published: 2006-11-02
ISBN: 0143059025
Number of pages: 1
Publisher: Penguin Audio

Book Reviews of The Aeneid

Book Review: Great Translation, unbearable narration
Summary: 1 Stars

I think that Robert Fagles is one of the best translator of Greek and Latin in the past 50 years. I thought that the Odyssey, read by Ian McKellen, was superb, although Homer's Epic was meant to be heard. Virgil's was meant to be read, but, with the enjoyment I had listening to the Odyssey, I thought that I would give the Aeneid a try. What a horrible, horrible mistake! Simon Callow makes the Aeneid virtually intolerable. He reads Virgil's Epic as if he is mocking over-acting. In fact, if this were offered as a parody of bad reading, then most would believe it was simply too hyperbolic even to be funny. No professional reader should ever over-act this badly nor should Penguin Audio Books allow such a travesty to actually be recorded! Honestly, a high school drama student could have rendered a finer job.
The book is wonderful. The audio book is worse that I can describe!

Summary of The Aeneid

The much-anticipated new translation of Virgil's epic poem from the award-winning translator of Homer's Iliad and Odyssey.

Unabridged CDs - 15 CDs, 18 hours

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