โ Scribed by Virgil
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
Introduction -- The Aeneid and the Homeric poems -- The life of Vergil -- Names in the Aeneid -- Translator's note -- The aeneid. Books 1-12 -- Appendix A: Gods, people, and places -- Appendix B: Further readings -- Glossary.
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Virgil's great epic transforms the Homeric tradition into a triumphal statement of the Roman civilizing mission. Translated by Robert Fitzgerald.
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