Source edition
Vergil. The Bucolics, Aeneid, and Georgics Of Virgil. Greenough, J.B., editor. Boston: Ginn and Company, 1881.
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Summary
This epic poem in twelve books recounts the journey and battles of the Trojan hero Aeneas as he seeks to fulfill his divine destiny of founding a new nation in Italy—the future Rome. In the first half, driven by the wrath of the goddess Juno, Aeneas endures years of wandering, experiences a tragic romance with Queen Dido of Carthage, and descends into the Underworld, where the spirit of his father reveals the future glory of Rome. The second half shifts to Italy, where a bitter war erupts over the hand of King Latinus's daughter, pitting the Trojans against the native forces led by the fierce Rutulian king, Turnus. Despite heavy casualties and personal grief, Aeneas persists in his sacred mission. The epic reaches its dramatic climax in a fateful duel between Aeneas and Turnus, ending with the victory of the Trojan hero and paving the way for the birth of a grand empire.
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