num_pages: 442
description: Virgil's great epic transforms the Homeric tradition into a triumphal statement of the Roman civilizing mission.
language: English
title: THE AENEID OF VIRGIL
titlecomplete: THE AENEID OF VIRGIL
characters: Pallas (son of Evander), Dido of Carthage, Venus (goddess), Anchises, Juno (Goddess), Misenus, Aeneas, Ascanius, Lavinia (mythology), Vulcan (God), Turnus (King of the Rutuli), Ixion, Mercury (God), Iris (Goddess), Neoptolemus, Charon (mythology), Priam, Sybil (Ancient oracle), Camilla (mythology), Jupiter (God)
genres: Classics, Epic, Fantasy, Fiction, School, Ancient, Classic Literature, Literature, Mythology, Poetry
ratings_count: 126013
places: Italy, Rome, Carthage, Sicily, Troy
publisher: Vintage