The Aeneid for Boys and Girls
by Alfred J. Church Author
Relates in vigorous prose the tale of Aeneas, the legendary ancestor of Romulus, who escaped from the burning city of Troy and wandered the Mediterranean for years before settling in Italy. Patterned after the Iliad and the Odyssey, the Aeneid was composed as an epic poem by Virgil, to glorify the imperial city of Rome.
Additional Details
- Resource Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 1-59915-060-3
- Print Status
- In Print
- Chapters
- 23
- Pages
- 162
- Suggested Grades
- 3rd - 6th
- Geographical Setting
- Rome
- Publisher
- Yesterday's Classics
- Copyright
- 2006
- Written
- 1908
Chapters
- 1 The Horse of Wood
- 2 The Sack of Troy
- 3 Aeneas and Anchises
- 4 Of the Voyage of Aeneas
- 5 The Voyage of Aeneas (continued)
- 6 The Shipwreck
- 7 Carthage
- 8 Dido
- 9 The Funeral Games of Anchises
- 10 The Burning of the Ships - The Coming to Italy
- 11 In Italy
- 12 The Plots of Juno
- 13 The Gathering of the Chiefs
- 14 King Evander
- 15 The Arms of Aeneas
- 16 Nisus and Euryalus
- 17 The Battle at the Camp
- 18 The Battle on the Shore
- 19 The Council
- 20 The Deeds and Death of Camilla
- 21 The Broken Treaty
- 22 The Death of Turnus
- 23 Afterwards
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