The Virgil 71 BCE-20 BCE creator Mackail, J. W. (John William) 1859-1945 text utu 2007 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats "The Aeneid of Virgil" by Virgil is a Latin epic poem written between 29 and 19 BC. It tells the legendary story of Aeneas, a Trojan hero who flees the fall of Troy and journeys to Italy, where he will become the ancestor of the Romans. The poem spans twelve books: the first six chronicle his perilous wanderings across the Mediterranean, while the latter six depict a brutal war in Latium. Virgil weaves together myth and history to create Rome's founding epic. (This is an automatically generated summary.) See also PG#18466 tr. by E. Fairfax Taylor Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeneid Release date is 2007-08-29 David Clarke, Lisa Reigel, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team Original publication data not identified Aeneas (Legendary character) -- Poetry Epic poetry, Latin -- Translations into English PA Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/22456 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/22456 UtSlPG 260607 20260610133521.0 22456