Even if you prefer the Dryden translation of the Aeneid, I do recommend reading the introduction to the Fagles translation by the late Bernard Knox, especially "Narrative" and "History." If your library has the book, check it it out!
Bernard Knox Obituary, August 16. 2010
Update 9/10
Bernard Knox (1914–2010)
September 30, 2010
Garry Wills
The referenced article can be found on JSTOR:
Title: The Serpent and the Flame: The Imagery of the Second Book of the Aeneid
Author(s): Bernard M. W. Knox
Source: The American Journal of Philology, Vol. 71, No. 4 (1950), pp. 379-400
Publisher(s): The Johns Hopkins University Press
Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/292386
