{"product_id":"the-aeneid-9780679729525","title":"The Aeneid","description":"\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bookstore-n-more.myshopify.com\/search?type=product\u0026amp;q=FAM-909716\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eView All Formats\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Virgil\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/16\/1990\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 464\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.96lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.12h x 5.18w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780679729525\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eVirgil (70 B.C-19 B.C)\u003c\/b\u003e is regarded as the greatest Roman poet, known for his epic, \u003ci\u003eThe Aeneid\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e(written about 29 B.C. unfinished). Virgil was born on October 15, 70 B.C., in a small village near Mantua in Northern Italy. He attended school at Cremona and Milan, and then went to Rome, where he studied mathematics, medicine and rhetoric, and completed his studies in Naples. Between 42 and 37 B.C. Virgil composed pastoral poems known as \u003ci\u003eEcologues\u003c\/i\u003e, and spent years on the \u003ci\u003eGeorgics\u003c\/i\u003e.At the urging of Augustus Caesar, Virgil began to write \u003ci\u003eThe Aeneid\u003c\/i\u003e, a poem of the glory of Rome under Caesars rule. Virgil devoted the remaining time of his life, from 30 to 19 B.C., to the composition of \u003ci\u003eThe Aeneid\u003c\/i\u003e, the national epic of Rome and to glory of the Empire. The poet died in 19 B.C of a fever he contracted on his visit to Greece with the Emperor. It is said that the poet had instructed his executor Varius to destroy \u003ci\u003eThe Aeneid\u003c\/i\u003e, but Augustus ordered Varius to ignore this request, and the poem was published.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":39823810396275,"sku":"9780679729525","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_2499d965-8e83-4b2d-940d-9a236e92cdfc.jpg?v=1644533465","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/the-aeneid-9780679729525","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}