The Aeneid-埃涅阿斯纪

作者：Virgil Robert Fagles, Knox Bernard

书名：The Aeneid《埃涅阿斯纪》  

中文简介：《埃涅阿斯记》是诗人维吉尔于公元前29-19年创作的史诗，叙述了埃涅阿斯在特洛伊陷落之后辗转来到意大利，最终成为罗马人祖先的故事。

史诗共9896行，分十二卷。按故事说，可以分成前后两部分，各六卷。也有人把它分成三部分，各四卷。分成两部分的理由是前半仿古诗人荷马的《奥德修记》，写埃涅阿斯的流浪；后半仿《伊利亚特》，写埃涅阿斯与图尔努斯的战争。分成三部分的理由是第一部分以特洛伊的陷落和狄多的悲剧为中心；第二部分是过渡，写埃涅阿斯到达意大利，结盟，准备战争；第三部分写战争。

英文简介：The Aeneid is an epic poem written by Virgil in the 1st century BC. It's hero is Aeneas, a Trojan who travels from Troy to Italy to eventually found Rome. Some argue that The Aeneid is Virgil's answer to Homer's Odyssey and Iliad, combining two genres of the day - travel and war - into one poem. Take that, Homer!

No civilization is without a bit of revisionist history: so it was that Virgil picked up the story of Aeneas, which was already floating around at the time, and forged an epic founding myth for Rome. And The Aeneid fit the bill, as it linked Rome with the legends of ancient Troy, glorified stodgy Roman values, and legitimized its emperors as descendants of the heroes and gods of the past. George Washington probably didn't chop down a cherry tree, but it's a fun legend to tell the kids.