Virgil
Published: 2019-11-19
Total Pages: 364
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"The Æneid of Virgil, Translated into English Verse" by Virgil tells the legendary story of Aeneas, a Trojan who fled the fall of Troy and traveled to Italy, where he became the ancestor of the Romans. Virgil took the disconnected tales of Aeneas' wanderings, his vague association with the foundation of Rome, and fashioned the Aeneid into a compelling founding myth or national epic that tied Rome to the legends of Troy, explained the Punic Wars, glorified traditional Roman virtues, and legitimized the Julio-Claudian dynasty as descendants of the founders, heroes, and gods of Rome and Troy.