Aeneid
Aenēis
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A classic of antiquity. First published 50 BC, written in Latin
The Aeneid is a Latin epic poem that tells the legendary story of Aeneas, a Trojan who fled the fall of Troy and travelled to Italy, where he became the ancestor of the Romans. Written by the Roman poet Virgil between 29 and 19 BC, the Aeneid comprises 9,896 lines in dactylic hexameter. The first six of its twelve books tell the story of Aeneas' wanderings from Troy to Italy, and the latter six tell of the Trojans' ultimately victorious war upon the Latins, under whose name Aeneas and his Trojan followers are destined to be subsumed.
Your reading
Where it is set
- Troy
Türkiye
The first six of its twelve books tell the story of Aeneas' wanderings from Troy to Italy, and the latter six tell of the Trojans' ultimately victorious war upon the Latins, under whose name Aeneas and his Trojan followers are destined to be subsumed. Source: Wikipedia, reviewed
- Carthage
Tunisia
Aeneas heads on (towards Italy) and gets deflected to Carthage (by the storm described in book 1). Source: Wikipedia, reviewed
- Sicily
Italy
Book 5 then takes place on Sicily and centres on the funeral games that Aeneas organises for the anniversary of his father's death.
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