The Aeneid

Virgil’s epic of the Trojan prince Aeneas, who escapes the fall of Troy and sails west to found a new home for his people in Italy, from which Rome will rise.

Start reading12 books, about 107,000 words

Famous lines

• Arms, and the man I sing, who, forc’d by fate,
  And haughty Juno’s unrelenting hate,
  Expell’d and exil’d, left the Trojan shore.

  Book IIn context

  • Poetry
  • War & Peace

• The gates of hell are open night and day;
  Smooth the descent, and easy is the way:
  But to return, and view the cheerful skies,
  In this the task and mighty labour lies.

  Book VIIn context

  • Life & Death

• Fortune befriends the bold.

  Book XIn context

  • Courage
  • Luck

Contents

1. Book I
2. Book II
3. Book III
4. Book IV
5. Book V
6. Book VI
7. Book VII
8. Book VIII
9. Book IX
10. Book X
11. Book XI
12. Book XII