The Aeneid Virgil

The Aeneid is an epic poem written between 29 and 19 BC. It tells story of Aeneas, a Trojan who traveled to Italy and became the ancestor of the Romans. The first six of the poem"s twelve books tell the story of Aeneas" wanderings from Troy to Italy, and the poem"s second half tells of the Trojans" ultimately victorious war upon the Latins, under whose name Aeneas and his Trojan followers are destined to be subsumed. Publius Vergilius Maro, Virgil, was an ancient Roman poet of the Augustan period. He is known for three major works of Latin literature, the Eclogues, the Georgics, and the Aeneid. Это и многое другое вы найдете в книге The Aeneid (Virgil)