Essentials of a Major Modern Classicist
Discover the must-read books of major modern classicists with this essential list. Explore timeless works that define classical literature and thought today.
Book
The Aeneid
by Virgil
"Fitzgerald's [translation] is so decisively the best modern Aeneid that it is unthinkable that anyone will want to use any other version for a long time to come." —New York Review of Books Virgil's great epic transforms the Homeric tradition into a triumphal statement of the Roman civilizing mission—translated by Robert Fitzgerald.
