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The Aeneid: Book 1
Feb. 2nd, 2013 11:01 amI should mention that I am reading the Sarah Ruden translation (thanks for the rec, ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
ricardienne!) which I really like. I get the impression (correct me if I'm wrong; I don't have much Latin) that it tries to get at the spirit of the lines rather than stay absolutely true to the meter and specific-words, and I am really leaning towards those kinds of translations nowadays. (If you'd talked to me ten years ago, I would have said something different, mind.)
I said I was going to post on books 1-3, but ricardienne pointed out that 1-4 is really a natural sequence (all of Dido), and I have FEELINGS on Dido, so I'm going to do 1 (the setup!) this time, and then 2-4 for the next post.
Book 1: ( Arms and a man I sing. Or: A woman led [them]. )
ricardienne!) which I really like. I get the impression (correct me if I'm wrong; I don't have much Latin) that it tries to get at the spirit of the lines rather than stay absolutely true to the meter and specific-words, and I am really leaning towards those kinds of translations nowadays. (If you'd talked to me ten years ago, I would have said something different, mind.)I said I was going to post on books 1-3, but ricardienne pointed out that 1-4 is really a natural sequence (all of Dido), and I have FEELINGS on Dido, so I'm going to do 1 (the setup!) this time, and then 2-4 for the next post.
Book 1: ( Arms and a man I sing. Or: A woman led [them]. )
