The Aeneid by Publius Vergilius Maro

The Aeneid is a Latin epic written by Virgil in the 1st century BC 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 treats the Trojans’ ultimately victorious war upon the Latins, under whose name Aeneas and his Trojan followers are destined to be subsumed. The poem was commissioned from Vergil by the Emperor Augustus to glorify Rome. Several critics think that the hero Aeneas’ abandonment of the Cartheginian Queen Dido, is meant as a statement of how Augustus’ enemy, Mark Anthony, should have behaved with the Egyptian Queen Cleopatra.

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The Aeneid by Publius Vergilius Maro

01 – Bk 1: A Fateful Haven pt 1

02 – Bk 1: A Fateful Haven pt 2

03 – Bk 2: How They Took the City pt 1

04 – Bk 2: How They Took the City pt 2

05 – Bk 3: Sea Wanderings and Strange Meetings pt 1

06 – Bk 3: Sea Wanderings and Strange Meetings pt 2

07 – Bk 4: The Passion of the Queen pt 1

08 – Bk 4: The Passion of the Queen pt 2

09 – Bk 5: Games and a Conflagration pt 1

10 – Bk 5: Games and a Conflagration pt 2

11 – Bk 6: The World Below pt 1

12 – Bk 6: The World Below pt 2

13 – Bk 7: Juno Served by a Fury pt 1

14 – Bk 7: Juno Served by a Fury pt 2

15 – Bk 8: Arcadian Allies pt 1

16 – Bk 8: Arcadian Allies pt 2

17 – Bk 9: Night Sortie, a Day Assault Pt 1

18 – Bk 9: Night Sortie, a Day Assault pt 2

19 – Bk 10: The Death of Princes pt 1

20 – Bk 10: The Death of Princes pt 2