The Aeneid of Virgil (Version 2)
Virgil
Read by George Allen
The Aeneid is a Latin epic written by Virgil in the 1st century BC that tells the legendary story of Aeneas, a Trojan who traveled to Italy, where he became the ancestor of the Romans. The first six of the poem’s twelve books tell the story of Aeneas’ wanderings from Troy to Italy, and the poem’s second half treats the Trojans’ ultimately victorious war upon the Latins, under whose name Aeneas and his Trojan followers are destined to be subsumed. The poem was commissioned from Virgil by the Emperor Augustus to glorify Rome. Several critics think that the hero Aeneas’ abandonment of the Carthaginian Queen Dido, is meant as a statement of how Augustus’ enemy, Mark Anthony, should have behaved with the Egyptian Queen Cleopatra. (Summary by Wikipedia and Karen Merline) (13 hr 5 min)
Chapters
| Book I, Part 1 | 30:21 | Read by George Allen |
| Book I, Part 2 | 30:07 | Read by George Allen |
| Book II, Part 1 | 30:28 | Read by George Allen |
| Book II, Part 2 | 29:21 | Read by George Allen |
| Book III, Part 1 | 27:22 | Read by George Allen |
| Book III, Part 2 | 28:04 | Read by George Allen |
| Book IV, Part 1 | 31:21 | Read by George Allen |
| Book IV, Part 2 | 28:36 | Read by George Allen |
| Book V, Part 1 | 32:14 | Read by George Allen |
| Book V, Part 2 | 32:28 | Read by George Allen |
| Book VI, Part 1 | 36:20 | Read by George Allen |
| Book VI, Part 2 | 38:11 | Read by George Allen |
| Book VII, Part 1 | 32:04 | Read by George Allen |
| Book VII, Part 2 | 33:43 | Read by George Allen |
| Book VIII, Part 1 | 26:34 | Read by George Allen |
| Book VIII, Part 2 | 29:53 | Read by George Allen |
| Book IX, Part 1 | 33:24 | Read by George Allen |
| Book IX, Part 2 | 29:13 | Read by George Allen |
| Book X, Part 1 | 36:46 | Read by George Allen |
| Book X, Part 2 | 37:23 | Read by George Allen |
| Book XI, Part 1 | 35:51 | Read by George Allen |
| Book XI, Part 2 | 37:14 | Read by George Allen |
| Book XII, Part 1 | 40:51 | Read by George Allen |
| Book XII, Part 2 | 37:45 | Read by George Allen |
Reviews
brilliant reading
katamorrow
Sensitive and meticulous reading of a classic translation.
Vergil's haemophilia
olav774
This epos has two thematic parts. The first tells the story of Aeneas flight from Troy, via his love story with Dido and the destruction of Carthage, to the trojan landing in Latium. The second part recounts the war between the trojans and the latians. I really liked the first part. The second part devolved into lists of names and battle clichés. The translation is excellent (the whole thing is in rhyming verse!), and the reader does an exquisite job, bringing the pathos that this kind of text deserves. Overall, a good experience! I would have given it a higher score if I hadn't gotten so inhumanily bored during the innumerable fighting sequences. Vergil should have known that battle scenes are like much else in life: it's not the size that matters, it's how you use it.
kat
I prefer Dryden’s rhymed translation to more modern ones and George Allen’s stately and emotive reading suits the text really well. Works great reading along with the text, I found either alone are hard to follow but having it read to me as I look at it has gotten me through a text I faked my way thru in college!
Aeneid
barroescot
The performance was great the text itself is hard to follow listening rather than reading. It’s just old and complex so catching all the details without being able to look back easily is a challenge.
Magnificent!
Unknown
John Dryden’s is clear and brings the story to life for English listeners. Beautifully read!
Thank you for the rendering.
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