By Virgil
"This paintings is obviously through a grasp translator. Lembke strikes simply from the Latin hexameter into English verse of unfastened, five-beat rhythm that good captures that of the original."—Michael Putnam, Brown University
"A significant new translation."—Rosanna Warren
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