Download or read book The Preface to the Aeneis of Virgil (1718) written by Joseph Trapp and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2021-04-25 with total page 77 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the preface of Joseph Trapp's translation of Virgil's Aeneis into blank verse, which was published in three volumes in 1731 and 1735. Trapp's preface to his version of the Aeneid is significant because it merges the Miltonic example with neoclassical principles to understand the Latin text logically and to communicate the incredibly compelling and moving experience that the Aeneid produces.