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Title: Do Not Get This Translation!
Review: You can't even really call this a translation; it's more like a reinterpolated augmentation of Virgils Georgics & Eclogues with translator David Slavitt's own lame hippy sentiments(this translation was published in the 60's, so it's peppered with the vernacular and slang of the time. groovy! not.) He goes on to reference Washington D.C., The Smithsonian, Sam Vaughn, Virgil himself and other things that have nothing to do with the actual work; this creates a meaningless time-void/warp within work. In the preface/introduction, Slavitt boosts of his trailblazing taking-of-liberties; this is just self-congradulatory. His justification for distorting it all was to get school kids to read it. It wasn't worth the effort.
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