num_pages: 176
description: Relates in vigorous prose the tale of Aeneas, the legendary ancestor of Romulus, who escaped from the burning city of Troy and wandered the Mediterranean for years before settling in Italy. Patterned after the Iliad and the Odyssey, the Aeneid was composed as an epic poem by Virgil, to glorify the imperial city of Rome.
language: English
title: The Aeneid for Boys and Girls
titlecomplete: The Aeneid for Boys and Girls (Yesterday's Classics)
genres: Classics, Adventure, Historical, History, Childrens, School, Literature
ratings_count: 164
publisher: Yesterday's Classics