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The Aeneid is a Latin epic poem written by Virgil that tells the legendary story of Aeneas, a Trojan who traveled to Italy, where he became the ancestor of the Romans. The first six of the poem's twelve books tell the story of Aeneas' wanderings from Troy to Italy, and the poem's second half... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Aeneas: As seen in the first books of the Aeneid, Aeneas is one of the few Trojans who were not killed in battle or enslaved when Troy fell. When Troy was sacked by the Greeks, Aeneas, after being commanded by the gods to flee, gathered a group, collectively known as the Aeneads, who then traveled to Italy and became progenitors of the Romans.
- Virgil: Aeneas, a Trojan soldier after the Trojan war, leaves Troy and is forced to follow his destiny to found Rome in Italy.
- Heav: Add a description of this character.
- Dido: The Queen of Carthage
- Jove
- Anchises: Beloved father of Aeneas. Lover of the goddess Venus.
- Troy
- Camilla
- Hector: Trojan prince (son of Priam) and greatest Trojan warrior.
- Priam: Ruler of Troy; father to Hector and Paris.
- Evander
- Diana
- Pallas: Pallas is the son of Evander. Aeneas was charged with keeping him safe and teaching him to fight and the ways of war.
- Alcides
- Rais
- Till
- Drances
- Helen
- Mnestheus
- Turnus: Turnus is a Latin who was going to marry the king's son until Aeneas came to Italy. With his pride hurt, he demanded a war and convinced the Latins that they would not be conquered so easily.
- Driv
- Juno: Wife of Jupiter and the greatest enemy of the Trojans and Aeneas. Embittered by Paris' choice of Venus over her as the most beautiful.
- Cruesa
- Charon
- Iarbas
- Ascanius: (Also known as Iulus) the son of Aeneas and his wife Creusa
- Anna
- Palinurus
- Lavinia
- Messapus
- Cassandra: Daughter of King Priam. Granted, for her beauty, by the god Apollo the gift of prophecy. But later cursed by Apollo to never be believed when she told the future.
- Diomede
- Iris
- Lausus
- Mezentius
- Venus: The roman goddess of love (also known as Aphrodite to the Greeks) was the mother of Aeneas
- Vulcan: god of fire
- Sibyl
- Agamemnon
- Halaesus
- Helenus
- Diores
- Latona
- Gyas
- Dardanus
- Acestes
- Aeolus
- Laocoon: Trojan priest to the god Neptune who warns against the acceptance of the Greek's gift (the horse)
First Sentence edit
Wars and a man I sing-an exile driven on by Fate, he was the first to flee the coast of Troy, destined to reach Lavinian shores and Italian soil, yet many blows he took on land and sea from the gods above-thanks to cruel Juno's relentless rage-and many losses he bore in battle too, before he could found a city, bring his gods to Latium, source of the Latin race, the Alban lords and the high walls of Rome.
Table of Contents edit
Book I
Book II
Book III
Book IV
Book V
Book VI
Book VII
Book VIII
Book IX
Book X
Book XI
Book XII
Themes & Symbolism edit
Series & Lists edit
This book is in Western canon according to Harold Bloom. (community list)
This is book 15 of 96 in Wikipedia's 100 most influential books ever written. (authoritative list)
Preceded by Dhammapada, and followed by On the Nature of Things.
This is book 10 of 113 in Book Smart Reading List. (community list)
Preceded by The Oedipus Cycle, and followed by Flaubert's Parrot.
This book is in Books That Changed Man's Thinking (Heron). (edition-based publisher list)
This book is in Penguin Classics. (edition-based publisher list)
Authors & Contributors edit
- Virgil (Author)
Other Contributors:
- Robert Fitzgerald (Translator)
- Allen Mandelbaum (Translator) - National Book Award winning translation
First Edition edit
Original Language: Latin
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Country: Roman Empire
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Page Count: 336
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Country: Roman Empire
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Page Count: 336
Awards edit
- National Book Award (1973: Translation)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: PA6807.A5
- Dewey: 873.01
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Links to Supplemental Material edit
- The Vergil Project: the original Latin text, plus word-for-word translation, grammar guide, commentary and two translations.
- Wikipedia
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