num_pages: 496
description: Describing the legendary origin of the Roman nation, this poem tells the tale of the Trojan prince Aeneas, who escaped with some followers after the fall of Troy and sailed to Italy. Here they settled and laid the foundations of the Roman empire.
language: English
title: The Aeneid
titlecomplete: The Aeneid
characters: Anchises, Ascanius, Camilla (mythology), Sybil (Ancient oracle), Lavinia (mythology), Priam, Dido of Carthage, Pallas (son of Evander), Ixion, Neoptolemus, Misenus, Mercury (God), Juno (Goddess), Turnus (King of the Rutuli), Venus (goddess), Vulcan (God), Iris (Goddess), Charon (mythology), Jupiter (God), Aeneas
genres: Fiction, Poetry, Classic Literature, School, Ancient, Literature, Classics, Epic, Mythology, Fantasy
ratings_count: 126009
places: Rome, Italy, Carthage, Sicily, Troy
publisher: Penguin Classics