Aeneis

Vergil’s Aeneid is one of the greatest works of world literature. Published around 18 BCE, this epic poem narrates the mythical antecedents of the foundation of Rome. The translation is in verses – in hexameter as the original version – but, leaving behind the classicistic tradition, uses contemporary German to render the Latin text.

Niklas Holzberg, Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg und Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München.