The Aeneid

Revised and Expanded Edition

By: Vergil

Narrated by: Susanna Braund

Length: 10 hrs and 53 mins

Publisher's summary

A powerful and poignant translation of Vergil’s epic poem, newly equipped with introduction and notes

"Ruden set the bar for Aeneid translations in 2008, and has raised it now with this revision. I am confident it will be a long time before a translator exceeds the standard that she has set."—A.M. Juster, Athenaeum Review

This is a substantial revision of Sarah Ruden’s celebrated 2008 translation of Vergil’s Aeneid, which was acclaimed by Garry Wills as “the first translation since Dryden’s that can be read as a great English poem in itself.” Ruden’s line-for-line translation in iambic pentameter is an astonishing feat, unique among modern translations. Her revisions to the translation render the poetry more spare and muscular than her previous version and capture even more closely the essence of Vergil’s poem, which pits national destiny against the fates of individuals, and which resonates deeply in our own time.

This distinguished translation, now equipped with introduction, notes, and glossary by leading Vergil scholar Susanna Braund, allows modern audiences to experience for themselves the timeless power of Vergil’s masterpiece.

Praise for the First Edition:

“Fast, clean, and clear, sometimes terribly clever, and often strikingly beautiful. . . . Many human achievements deserve our praise, and this excellent translation is certainly one of them.”—Richard Garner, The New Criterion

“Toning down the magniloquence, Sarah Ruden gives us an Aeneid more intimate in tone and soberer in measure than we are used to—a gift for which many will be grateful.”—J. M. Coetzee

“An intimate rendering of great emotional force and purity. . . . The immediacy, beauty, and timelessness of the original Latin masterpiece lift off these pages with gem-like originality.”—Choice

Public Domain (P)2023 Yale Press Audio

Good recitation with good rhythm; really gorgeous translation

Being such a new translation, it’s really nice to have an audiobook version so quickly. For the epic poems, I always prefer hearing them aloud, and the presenter’s reading had a strong rhythm to it that I enjoyed.

Great translation

I loved this new translation. Concise, poetic, sparse but vivid. Unfortunately the reader is distractingly annoying. She overemphasizes the meter and for some strange reason emphasizes the words he and she whenever they come up. They should reissue it with a trained actor as reader, because the translation deserves a top notch audio version with a natural cadence.