Aeneid
Ancient Latin epic
The Aeneid is an epic poem by Virgil, written in Latin in the first century BCE, telling the story of the Trojan hero Aeneas and his journey to Italy, where his descendants would found Rome.
It ranks among the most influential works of Western literature, serving as Rome's foundational myth and a model for later epics.
The adjective form is Aeneidic, though rarely encountered.
Classical epic poet
- TroyAncient Anatolian city
- RomeItaly's capital city
- CarthagePhoenician colony that challenged Rome
- hexameterSix-foot poetic line
Latin · Augustus · Lavinia · Juno · Venus · Jupiter · underworld · piety
Intense public excitement
- dutyRequired moral task
- empireDomain under unified control
- destinyPredetermined course of events
- exileBanishment from homeland
wandering · loss · sacrifice · founding · legacy · patria · divine will · imperium
Of an ancient walled city
- VenusLove goddess, or planet
- JunoJupiter's divine consort
- JupiterLargest solar system planet
- MercuryMessenger god or planet
Sibyl · Elysium · Tartarus · Cyclops · Polyphemus · Evander · Pallas · Camilla
Italy's capital city
- AugustusRome's inaugural emperor
- foundationUnderlying support structure
- empireDomain under unified control
- propagandaBiased information for influence
legacy · nationalism · imperialism · destiny · civilization · ancestry · legitimacy · republic
Of ancient Greece/Rome
- canonicalAccepted as standard
- translationConverting between languages
- FitzgeraldPatronymic from Gerald
- commentaryExplanatory remarks on events
manuscript · codex · medieval · Renaissance · allusion · influence · Milton · Dante
Virgil
Classical epic poet
hexameter · Latin · Augustus · Lavinia · Juno · Venus · Jupiter · underworld · piety · fate
furor
Intense public excitement
exile · wandering · loss · sacrifice · founding · legacy · patria · divine will · imperium · mission
Trojan
Of an ancient walled city
Mercury · Sibyl · Elysium · Tartarus · Cyclops · Polyphemus · Evander · Pallas · Camilla · Tiber
Rome
Italy's capital city
- AugustusRome's inaugural emperor
- foundationUnderlying support structure
- empireDomain under unified control
propaganda · legacy · nationalism · imperialism · destiny · civilization · ancestry · legitimacy · republic · principate
classical
Of ancient Greece/Rome
- canonicalAccepted as standard
- translationConverting between languages
- FitzgeraldPatronymic from Gerald
commentary · manuscript · codex · medieval · Renaissance · allusion · influence · Milton · Dante · Spenser
- heroeshero, heroes, heroine, heroines, superhero
- Ancient RomeRome, Julius Caesar, Caesar, gladiator, gladiators
- Classical MythologyZeus, Apollo, Venus, Athena, Aphrodite
- mythologyZeus, Apollo, Athena, Poseidon, Odin
- PoemsThe Raven, Ozymandias, Invictus, Paradise Lost, Beowulf
- poetrypoem, poems, poetry, verse, verses
AeneidIliad
Ancient Greek war epic
Odyssey · oral poetry · oral tradition · Theogony · Epic of Gilgamesh
- the AeneidEpic of Rome's legendary founding