Virgil took the disconnected tales of Aeneas' wanderings, his vague association with the foundation of Rome and his description as a personage of no fixed characteristics other than a scrupulous pietas, and fashioned the Aeneid into a compelling founding myth or national epic that tied Rome to the legends of Troy, explained the Punic Wars, glori...

There was an ancient city, Carthage (held by colonists from Tyre), opposite Italy, and the far-off mouths of the Tiber, rich in wealth, and very savage in pursuit of war. They say Juno loved this one land above all others, even neglecting Samos: here were her weapons. and her chariot, even then the goddess worked at,

The Aeneid by the Roman poet Virgil, completed in 19 BCE, stands as a monumental work of classical literature that transcends its historical context. The epic poem follows the protagonist Aeneas as he navigates a journey filled with challenges, divine interventions, and his ultimate destiny of founding Rome.

1995年3月1日 · "The Aeneid" by Virgil is an epic poem written during the late 1st century BC. The book centers on the journey of Aeneas, a Trojan hero, as he seeks to fulfill his destiny of founding a new city in Italy after the fall of Troy.

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2025年2月12日 · Virgil, Roman poet, best known for his national epic, the Aeneid (from c. 30 BCE; unfinished at his death), which tells the story of Rome’s legendary founder and proclaims the Roman mission to civilize the world under divine guidance.

2025年2月6日 · Aeneid, Latin epic poem written from about 30 to 19 bce by the Roman poet Virgil. Composed in hexameters, about 60 lines of which were left unfinished at his death, the Aeneid incorporates the various legends of Aeneas and makes him the founder of …

2010年2月5日 · Virgil's Æneid, books I-VI; the original text with a literal interlinear translation by Virgil

Download: A text-only version is available for download. Expell'd and exil'd, left the Trojan shore. And the long glories of majestic Rome. Expos'd to wants, and hurried into wars! Or exercise their spite in human woe? Than her own Argos, or the Samian shore. The seat of awful empire she design'd. Should on the necks of all the nations lay.

In approximately 30 B.C., Virgil began composing the Aeneid, an epic poem that told the story of Aeneas and the founding and destiny of Rome. According to the Encyclopedia of World Mythology: Using myth, history, and cultural pride, the Aeneid summed up everything the Romans valued most about their society.