Rhondabee Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 Thanks! nft Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alphabetika Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 Well, I'm a fan of Robert Fagles for ancient literature, so he gets my vote. You can also get an audio version of his translation of Aeneid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SusanAR Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 Ds enjoyed Fagle's. It is funny- I told him he didn't have to read the Aeneid since we have read so many ancients. He felt he had to since he had read the Iliad and the Odyssey. As it turns out, it is his favorite.:) Susan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lori D. Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 (edited) Well, since the Fagles Aeneid was 900 pages long and it was the end of the year, :tongue_smilie: we opted for abridged, and used Alfred Church's "The Aeneid for Girls and Boys" -- the title alone put the boys on the floor laughing every time we pulled it out. :lol: It was a shorter prose version, quick read, and we fleshed it out a bit with the free Sparknotes lit. guide. Worked for us! ;) Warmly, Lori D. Edited February 6, 2009 by Lori D. corrected typo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dee in MI Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 I read Fitzgerald, and I don't know if it was Fitzgerald or Virgil, but I didn't enjoy it as much as I did Lattimore's Iliad and Fagles Odyssey. I'd like to try Fagles sometime. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jane in NC Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 Fagles for us although there is not uniform praise for the translation. I also recommend listening to Vandiver's Teaching Company lectures on the book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Marple Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 One of my sons was young when reading this (13) so I had him first read In Search of a Homeland - the story of the Aeneid before tackling Fitzgerald's translation. It really seemed to help him understand because it gave him the basic story line. My boys don't do so well with poetic stories and sometimes get lost in the details. We also second the use of Vandiver's lectures from TTC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhondabee Posted February 6, 2009 Author Share Posted February 6, 2009 Thanks, all!~ I'm really enjoying Fagle's Iliad. So, I think I'll try that. The 50-cent copy I picked up at the used book store didn't make any of your lists! (It is very small type, and still so very long...) :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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