by Virgil · Penguin Classics · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780141026343
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«The Destruction of Troy» is an epic tale by Virgil, published by Penguin Classics in paperback (144 pages, in English).
It narrates the fall of Troy and the flight of Aeneas, who escapes with his family while the Greeks set fire to the city. Pursued by the goddess Juno, who has sworn hatred against him, the hero travels the Mediterranean amid storms and adversities; Dido's love tests his mission, but his destiny is to found a new lineage that will give rise to Rome.
Eighth volume in the Penguin Epics series, published in 2006.
For readers of classical literature and Greek mythology interested in epic tales about the origin of Rome.
Publius Vergilius Maro, usually called Virgil or Vergil in English, was an ancient Roman poet of the Augustan period. He composed three of the most famous poems in Latin literature: the Eclogues, the Georgics, and the epic Aeneid. Some minor poems, collected in the Appendix Vergiliana, were attributed to him in ancient times, but modern scholars regard these as spurious, with the possible exception of some short pieces.
