The Aeneid
A Trojan prince escapes his burning city with his father on his back, and sails toward a destiny that will become Rome.
Virgil’s The Aeneid is a Latin epic that follows Aeneas, a Trojan survivor, after the fall of Troy as he travels toward Italy, where his descendants are destined to establish the foundations of Rome. Rather than recounting the entire history of Rome, the poem focuses on Aeneas’s journey, struggles, and encounters as he fulfills a larger destiny.
Composed in dactylic hexameter and divided into twelve books, the poem brings together
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1st Edition Enhancements
- Adds place introductions that help readers keep track of real and fictional locations, including each place’s role in the book, key events there, and the people connected to it.
- Adds chapter recaps to help readers quickly refresh key events and stay oriented throughout the book.
- Adds character introductions that help readers understand important people as they first appear.
Released: 06/26/2026
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This MeBook helps you keep track of Aeneas’s journey from the fall of Troy to Italy. It introduces 327 characters, including the Trojans, Carthaginians and Latins he meets and the gods who intervene, and 225 places along the route through Carthage, Sicily and Latium, both real and legendary. A glossary of 134 terms explains Roman customs, religious practices and names that Virgil assumes readers already know.
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