Allen Mandelbaum

Allen Mandelbaum (May 4, 1926 – October 27, 2011) was an American professor of Italian literature, poet, and translator. Quotes The Aeneid of Virgil (1971) I sing of arms and of a man: his fatehad made him fugitive; he was the firstto journey from the coasts of Troy as faras Italy and the Lavinian shores. Book I, lines 1–4 For other peoples will, I do not doubt,still cast their bronze to breathe with softer features,or draw out of the marble living lines,plead causes better, trace the ways of heavenwith wands and tell the rising constellations;but yours will be the rulership of nations,remember Roman, these will be your arts:to teach the ways of peace to those you conquer,to spare defeated peoples, tame the proud. Book VI, lines 1129–1137 Euryalus, is itthe gods who put this fire in our minds,or is it that each man's relentless longingbecomes a god to him? Book IX, lines 243–246 External links Category:1926 births Category:2011 deaths Category:People from New York (state) Category:Poets from the United States Category:Translators from the United States Category:Translators of Homer