num_pages: 400
description: A modern translation of the ancient Roman epic chronicles the exploits and adventures of Aeneas and his followers as the flee the ruins of the fallen Troy and wanders the ancient world, surving fierce battles, the interference of the gods, and a star-crossed romance with Dido, Queen of Carthage, before he can fulfill his destiny as the ancestor of Rome. Reprint.
language: English
title: The Aeneid
titlecomplete: The Aeneid (Signet Classics)
characters: Pallas (son of Evander), Priam, Charon (mythology), Vulcan (God), Turnus (King of the Rutuli), Camilla (mythology), Dido of Carthage, Mercury (God), Venus (goddess), Iris (Goddess), Anchises, Ixion, Lavinia (mythology), Misenus, Juno (Goddess), Aeneas, Ascanius, Jupiter (God), Neoptolemus, Sybil (Ancient oracle)
genres: Literature, Classics, School, Mythology, Ancient, Fiction, Poetry, Epic, Fantasy, Classic Literature
ratings_count: 126003
places: Troy, Carthage, Italy, Sicily, Rome
publisher: Signet Classics