The Aeneid (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781987673425)

The Aeneid is an epic poem, written by Virgil between 29 and 19 BC, that tells the legendary story of Aeneas, a Trojan who travelled to Italy, where he became the ancestor of the Romans. It comprises 9,896 lines in dactylic hexameter. The first six of the poem's twelve books tell the story of Aeneas's wanderings from Troy to Italy, and the poem's second half tells of the Trojans' ultimately victorious war upon the Latins, under whose name Aeneas and his Trojan followers are destined to be subsumed. The hero Aeneas was already known to Greco-Roman legend and myth, having been a character in the Iliad.

Author: John Dryden, Virgil
ISBN-10: 1987673425
ISBN-13: 9781987673425
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 04/11/2018
Pages: 286
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 10.00h x 7.00w x 0.60d