"The Aeneid of Virgil" by Virgil (translated by J. W. Mackail). Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
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Virgil. The Aeneid of Virgil
The Aeneid of Virgil
Table of Contents
THE AENEID
BOOK FIRST
THE COMING OF AENEAS TO CARTHAGE
BOOK SECOND
THE STORY OF THE SACK OF TROY
BOOK THIRD
THE STORY OF THE SEVEN YEARS' WANDERING
BOOK FOURTH
THE LOVE OF DIDO, AND HER END
BOOK FIFTH
THE GAMES OF THE FLEET
BOOK SIXTH
THE VISION OF THE UNDER WORLD
BOOK SEVENTH
THE LANDING IN LATIUM, AND THE ROLL OF THE ARMIES OF ITALY
BOOK EIGHTH
THE EMBASSAGE TO EVANDER
BOOK NINTH
THE SIEGE OF THE TROJAN CAMP
BOOK TENTH
THE BATTLE ON THE BEACH
BOOK ELEVENTH
THE COUNCIL OF THE LATINS, AND THE LIFE AND DEATH OF CAMILLA
BOOK TWELFTH
THE SLAYING OF TURNUS
NOTES
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Virgil
Published by Good Press, 2019
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While these marvels meet Dardanian Aeneas' eyes, while he dizzily hangs rapt in one long gaze, Dido the queen entered the precinct, beautiful exceedingly, a youthful train thronging round her. Even as on Eurotas' banks or along the Cynthian ridges Diana wheels the dance, while behind her a thousand mountain nymphs crowd to left and right; she carries quiver on shoulder, and as she moves outshines them all in deity; Latona's heart is thrilled with silent joy; such was Dido, so she joyously advanced amid the throng, urging on the business of her rising empire. Then in the gates of the goddess, beneath the central vault of the temple roof, she took her seat girt with arms and high enthroned. And now she gave justice and laws to her people, and adjusted or allotted their taskwork in due portion; when suddenly Aeneas sees advancing with a great crowd about them Antheus and Sergestus and brave Cloanthus, and other of his Trojans, whom the black squall had sundered at sea and borne far away on the coast. Dizzy with the shock of joy and fear he and Achates together were on fire with eagerness to clasp their hands; but in confused uncertainty they keep hidden, and clothed in the sheltering cloud wait to espy what fortune befalls them, where they are leaving their fleet ashore, why they now come; for they advanced, chosen men from all the ships, praying for grace, and held on with loud cries towards the temple.
After they entered in, and free speech was granted, aged Ilioneus with placid mien thus began:
