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Lädt ... Vergil: The Poet's Lifevon Sarah Ruden
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"A biography of Vergil, Rome's greatest poet, by the acclaimed translator of the Aeneid The Aeneid stands as a towering work of Classical Roman literature and a gripping dramatization of the best and worst of human nature. In the process of creating this epic poem, Vergil (70-19 BCE) became the world's first media celebrity, a living legend. But the real Vergil is a shadowy figure; we know that he was born into a modest rural family, that he led a private and solitary life, and that, in spite of poor health and unusual emotional vulnerabilities, he worked tirelessly to achieve exquisite new effects in verse. Vergil's most famous work, the Aeneid, was commissioned by the emperor Augustus, who published the epic despite Vergil's dying wish that it be destroyed. Sarah Ruden, widely praised for her translation of the Aeneid, uses evidence from Roman life and history alongside Vergil's own writings to make careful deductions to reconstruct his life. Through her intimate knowledge of Vergil's work, she brings to life a poet who was committed to creating something astonishingly new and memorable, even at great personal cost."--Dust jacket. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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Review of the Yale University Press hardcover (August 22, 2023).
The historical details of Vergil's (70BC - 19BC) life are little known and much is based on later accounts by Suetonius (69AD to 122AD) and others, which were also speculative. Sarah Ruden still takes up the challenge and produces an interesting account of life in the Augustan era of Ancient Rome.
This includes the standard story of humble beginnings with the gradual rise to prominence as the writer of the national epic of Ancient Rome, the Aenied. Ruden's expertise in the area extends to her translating the epic not just once (2008) but twice (2021). Although Vergil was indebted to Augustus for his patronage, there is the odd final defiance of asking for the destruction of the Aenied on his deathbed, as he had not been able to complete the work to his satisfaction. Ruden calculates that he had been writing it at the speed of 2 lines per day. Augustus countermanded that final wish and insisted that it be published regardless.
See painting at https://dhjhkxawhe8q4.cloudfront.net/yup-wp/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/02142506/...
"Vergil reading the Aeniad to Augustus, Livia and Octavia" (1790) a painting by Jean-Baptiste Wicar (1762-1834). The scene depicts Octavia fainting at the mention of her son Marcellus in Aeniad Book VI. Image sourced from Yale University Press where it is sourced from WikiCommons.
Trivia and Links
Author Sarah Ruden discusses "Vergil: The Poet's Life" at the Yale University Press Podcast which you can listen to here.
Vergil: the Poet's Life is part of Yale University Press's Ancient Lives series which currently includes: Marcus Aurelius: The Stoic Emperor (expected February 2024), Ramesses the Great: Egypt's King of Kings (2023), Julian: Rome’s Last Pagan Emperor (2023), Crassus: The First Tycoon (2022), Demetrius: Sacker of Cities (2022) and Cleopatra: Her History, Her Myth (2022). (