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that was the beginning. there have been several versions of theaeneidsince, and each has made its own case. virgil was a roman poet, but he was also a descendant of a lost greek colony in magna graecia. he was a classical poet, a descendant of the milesian epic poets, and a poet in the italian tradition, perhaps in the tradition of loves exile, or the poetry of catullus. he was also a poet who lived through the transformation of the roman republic into the roman empire. in his aeneid , virgil makes a statement about the political and personal changes that were taking place. his aeneid is, as the title suggests, an ode to rome, an introduction to her history, a celebration of the greatness of her people and its culture. he brings together the whole body of greek epic poetry. every episode, however, has its own focus. the scenes are arranged in the order in which the events take place in virgils own lifetime.
in virgil, rome was in the making. in the poem, rome is the goal, the ultimate expression of the aeneids power. the events are a reflection of a people who are struggling to survive, struggling to maintain its power and its greatness.
the aeneid is composed in the form of a dialogue, a conversation, between aeneas and the sibyl. aeneas asks questions, and the sibyl gives answers. they are, in a sense, a conversation between two characters. virgil, however, has posed the questions in a poetic form, and the sibyl replies in latin. the poem is now a dialogue between the aeneidand itself. virgil, the poet, is asking the questions. the sibyl, the muse, answers. d8a7b2ff72
throughout the work, fitzgerald has given every aeneid line a sense of energy and drive. the translation of the latin lines, which is based on the aeneid in the loeb classical library, is nearly always clear and precise. where it becomes difficult is in those places where virgil's aeneid is cryptic. fitzgerald can often make a reasonable guess at virgils meaning. but in a few cases, fitzgerald has hesitated. this has caused the reader to search the latin text in search of the obscure passage, and this effort has produced some remarkable insights. but fitzgerald has not succeeded in translating these passages into english. the words are difficult, and fitzgerald has not always chosen to venture a guess at their meaning. thus, the reader must always turn to the latin text for confirmation. when the transliteration of the latin is not completely clear, fitzgerald has rendered the latin into english. for example, a line such as "drummed the halls with noise" becomes "the king allectus drummed the halls with noise."
the aeneid is a great work of art that is a masterpiece in its own right, but it is also a masterful work in the larger world of classical literature. fitzgerald has told the story of aeneas, a trojan prince who, after the destruction of his city, was forced to flee. he wandered the world as a refugee. in a dream he found his father, anchises, a forest god, who guided him to italy. there he married lavinia, daughter of king latinus. his son ascanius was born to lavinia, who was brought into his family after she had been abducted. the remainder of the poem follows the adventures of aeneas and his descendants as they expand their empire from italy to north africa, and finally to the west.