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«The Aeneid» is Virgil's epic poem, published by Wordsworth Editions in paperback (416 pages, in English).
Epic poem following Aeneas, a Trojan prince who flees the destruction of Troy and travels the Mediterranean, driven by the destiny of founding Rome. Juno's hostility, Dido's tragic passion in Carthage, and the descent to the underworld mark his journey before reaching Latium and facing Turnus.
English translation by Michael J. Oakley, with an introduction by Mandy Green, in the Wordsworth Classics collection. The original text of this work is composed in Latin.
Aimed at readers of European classics, epic poetry, and Greco-Roman mythology; also used as school reading.
Publius Vergilius Maro, usually called Virgil or Vergil in English, was an ancient Roman poet of the Augustan period. He composed three of the most famous poems in Latin literature: the Eclogues, the Georgics, and the epic Aeneid. Some minor poems, collected in the Appendix Vergiliana, were attributed to him in ancient times, but modern scholars regard these as spurious, with the possible exception of some short pieces.
