The Aeneid: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)

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The Aeneid is an incomplete epic poem written by the poet and philosopher Virgil, who after ten years of work he unfortunately gets ill and indicates that the poem must be destroyed but the emperor Augustus published it anyway, considering the poem a celebration of Rome's glories.The story of Aeneas, a Trojan hero, son of prince Anchises and the goddess Venus (Aphrodite) who has been chosen by the Gods to find Italy, becoming the precursor of the Roman people. Consisting of twelve books, narrate of the conflict between life and destiny, the meaning of our actions and the suffering of human being. It's full of Homeric references, indeed books I-VI tell about Aeneas travels, similar to Odysseus's adventures, meanwhile books VII-XII narrate of war's events similar to the Iliad. As a hero Aeneas is different from the Homeric models of Achilles and Ulysses, described as a valiant and mature leader famous for his pietas, the Latin term which the Romans used to express the greatest virtues and moral ideas (those that Augustus was trying to restore).There are books I enjoyed more than others; I enjoyed reading about a female warrior character like Camilla in the novel, never read nothing like this in epic poems before, and of course about the two lovers' tragedy of Nisus and Euryalus serving under Aeneas.

Another classic story that has "stood the test of time"

Be aware that a Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition means it has deckled page edges i.e. some pages have feathered edge rather than cut edges.

I already have a kindle version. But with some classics, need to be read many times and annotated over time to refine one's understanding of it. This is one such classic.