Aeneid

[ ih-nee-id ]

noun

1. a Latin epic poem by Vergil, recounting the adventures of Aeneas after the fall of Troy.

Aeneid

/ ɪˈniːɪd /

noun

1. an epic poem in Latin by Virgil relating the experiences of Aeneas after the fall of Troy, written chiefly to provide an illustrious historical background for Rome

Aeneid

1. An epic in Latin by Virgil . The Aeneid begins with the adventures of Aeneas and his men after the Trojan War (see also Trojan War ) and ends when Aeneas gains control of the Italian peninsula, which will eventually become the base of the Roman Empire.

Example Sentences

What is the Aeneid if not a re-imagining of the Homeric epics?

From The Daily Beast

The following is a list of the more important verse translations of the Aeneid which have appeared.

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The sixth book of the AEneid is the most pleasing and perfect composition of Latin poetry.

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In literary poems such as the Aeneid they seem to be avoided.

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I can do without his "Iliad," and wait, if necessary, for the "AEneid."

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The fourth Aeneid is the triumph of an unconscionable Celticism over the whole moral plan of Vergil's epic.

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