VirgilAeneid The masterpiece of Rome’s greatest poet, Virgil’s Aeneid hasinspired generations of readers and holds a central place in Westernliterature. The epic tells the story of a group of refugees from the ruinedcity of Troy, whose attempts to reach a promised land in the West arecontinually frustrated by the hostile goddess Juno. Finally reaching Italy,their leader Aeneas is forced to fight a bitter war against the natives toestablish the foundations from which Rome is destined to rise. This magnificentpoem, in the modern translation by C. Day Lewis, is superbly read by PaulScofield with Jill Balcon, Toby Stephens and cast. Verse translation by C. Day Lewis ABOUT THE READERIn the 1940s Paul Scofield played at the BirminghamRepertory Theatre and at Stratford-upon-Avon. He has appeared in innumerableplays in London, seasons with Sir John Gielgud and with Peter Brook and starredin A Man for all Seasons in London and New York; for its film version he won anOscar. Appearances in films, television and radio. CBE in 1956. Companion ofHonour 2001. He performs the title role in the Naxos Audiobooks production ofKing Lear.