The 'Eneados' : Gavin Douglas's translation of Virgil's 'Aeneid'

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"Although Virgil's Aeneid was one of the most widely admired works of the European Middle Ages, the first complete translation to appear in any form of English was Gavin Douglas's magisterial verse...

"Although Virgil's Aeneid was one of the most widely admired works of the European Middle Ages, the first complete translation to appear in any form of English was Gavin Douglas's magisterial verse rendering into Older Scots, completed in 1513, which he called the 'Eneados'. It included not only the twelve books of Virgil's original, but a thirteenth added by the Italian humanist scholar Maphaeus Vegius, and lively, original prologues to every book. This new edition offers a wealth of new scholarship, comparing Douglas's text to his exact Latin source, vastly expanding the commentary, offering detailed new analysis of the manuscript and print witnesses to the text and its early reception and circulation." --

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