Virgil

O CRUEL ALEXIS

Translated by Guy Lee and Kimberly Johnson

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This selection published in Penguin Classics 2015

Translation copyright © Guy Lee, 1980, 1984
Translation copyright © Kimberly Johnson, 2009

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ISBN: 978-0-141-39874-7

Contents

The Eclogues

The Georgics: Book Four

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PUBLIUS VERGILIUS MARO

Born 70 BCE, Mantua, Italy

Died 19 BCE, Brindisi, Italy

This selection is taken from Guy Lee’s translation of The Eclogues, first published in 1980, and Kimberly Johnson’s translation of The Georgics, first published in 2009.

VIRGIL IN PENGUIN CLASSICS

The Aeneid

The Eclogues

The Georgics