The Preface to the Aeneis of Virgil (1718)

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.