Name/Title
The Works of VirgilEntry/Object ID
2023.316.1Description
John Dryden’s translation of Virgil, the ancient Roman poet originally published between 1694 and 1697. The collection includes the Pastorals or Eclogues, a source for the Renaissance Arcadian ideal; Georgics, an agricultural poem in four parts; and Virgil’s masterpiece the Aeneid, an epic poem chronicling the adventures of Aeneas, legendary ancestor of the Romans. (...) Dryden did not translate Virgil’s work directly or literally into English. Instead, he revised, added to and reworked the classical Latin to make the poetry vivid and relevant to late 17th-century readers. --British LibraryInscription/Signature/Marks
Type
InscriptionLocation
Back of front coverTranscription
Helen SlaughterMaterial/Technique
HandwrittenCreate Date
June 17, 2023
