Denis Feeney writes:

Virgil refused to be contained, and in the process created masterpieces that defied the inherited terms of debate and showed that it was possible to make it new and be magnificent at the same time. The nature of his ambition is evident in the Georgics . . . For a variegated project like this, Virgil needed a Latin of great resource, to cover the range from the ant to the rainbow, from the intimate or pathetic to the grand and cosmic. Fallon speaks eloquently about the variety of Virgil's style in his 'Translator’s Note', and his new translation has some notably successful moments, above all when he is aiming at a more elevated and passionate register.

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