In fear of this, and holding in memory The old war she had carried on at Troy For Argos’ sake (the origins of that anger, That suffering, still rankled: deep within her, 40 Hidden away, the judgment Paris gave, Snubbing her loveliness the race she hated 30 But she had heard long since That generations born of Trojan blood Would one day overthrow her Tyrian walls, And from that blood a race would come in time With ample kingdoms, arrogant in war, 35 For Libya’s ruin: so the Parcae spun. So she intended, and so nursed that power. There her armor And chariot were kept, and, fate permitting, Carthage would be the ruler of the world. Can anger Black as this prey on the minds of heaven? 20 Tyrian settlers in that ancient time Held Carthage, on the far shore of the sea, Set against Italy and Tiber’s mouth, A rich new town, warlike and trained for war.Īnd Juno, we are told, cared more for Carthage 25 Than for any walled city of the earth, More than for Samos, even. Tell me the causes now, O Muse, how galled In her divine pride, and how sore at heart 15 From her old wound, the queen of gods compelled him- A man apart, devoted to his mission- To undergo so many perilous days And enter on so many trials. And cruel losses were his lot in war, 10 Till he could found a city and bring home His gods to Latium, land of the Latin race, The Alban lords, and the high walls of Rome. From the sea-coast of Troy in early days He came to Italy by destiny, To our Lavinian western shore, 5 A fugitive, this captain, buffetedĬruelly on land as on the sea By blows from powers of the air-behind them Baleful Juno in her sleepless rage.
Title Page Copyright Dedication BOOK I A Fateful Haven BOOK II How They Took the City BOOK III Sea Wanderings and Strange Meetings BOOK IV The Passion of the Queen BOOK V Games and a Conflagration BOOK VI The World Below BOOK VII Juno Served by a Fury BOOK VIII Arcadian Allies BOOK IX A Night Sortie, a Day Assault BOOK X The Death of PrincesīOOK XI Debaters and a Warrior Girl BOOK XII The Fortunes of War Postscript Glossary Note About the Translator Other Books by This AuthorīOOK I A FATEFUL HAVEN I sing of warfare and a man at war. eBook ISBN: 978-1-7 Trade Paperback ISBN: 978-2-5 Portions of this work previously appeared in the following publications: Conjunctions, Grand Street, Vanity Fair, Kenyon Review, New Boston Review, The New York Review of Books, and Poetry Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Virgil The Aeneid Translation of: Aeneis I.
Originally published, in hardcover, by Random House, Inc. Published in the United States by Vintage Books, a division of Random House, Inc., New York, and simultaneously in Canada by Random VINTAGE CLASSICS EDITION, JUNE 1990 Translation Copyright © 1981, 1982, 1983 by Robert Fitzgerald All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions.
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