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Aeneas Flees Burning Troy, by Federico Barocci (1598). Galleria Borghese, Rome, Italy Map of Aeneas' fictional journey. The Aeneid (/ ɪ ˈ n iː ɪ d / ih-NEE-id; Latin: Aenēĭs [ae̯ˈneːɪs] or [ˈae̯neɪs]) is a Latin epic poem that tells the legendary story of Aeneas, a Trojan who fled the fall of Troy and travelled to Italy, where he became the ancestor of the Romans.
In a first expository chapter ('Eliot's Myth and Vergil's Fictions'), Johnson reviews critical opinions about Vergil's Aeneid in the 20th century. He describes that the poem has been understood as a coherent historical and political allegory. Within this allegorical interpretation, he identifies two opposing viewpoints.
[1] [4] Aeneas and Charon by Wenceslaus Hollar , 17th century. Before entering the underworld , Deiphobe tells Aeneas he must first bury the musician Misenus , and also obtain the bough of gold which grows nearby in the woods around her cave, which must be given as a gift to Proserpina , the queen of Pluto , king of the underworld.
Nisus and Euryalus are among the refugees who in the aftermath of the Trojan War flee under the leadership of Aeneas, the highest-ranking Trojan to survive. Nisus was the son of Hyrtacus, [4] and was known for his hunting.
Lavinia is a Locus Award-winning [1] novel by American author Ursula K. Le Guin. Published in 2008, it was Le Guin's last novel. Published in 2008, it was Le Guin's last novel. It is written in a first-person, self-conscious style that recounts the life of Lavinia , a minor character in Virgil's epic poem the Aeneid .
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Aeneas defeats Turnus, by Luca Giordano, 1634–1705.Though Virgil's sweeping descriptions cannot be seen, Aeneas is holding his shield in his left hand. The Shield of Aeneas is the shield that Aeneas receives from the god Vulcan in Book VIII of Virgil's Aeneid to aid in his war against the Rutuli.
The Iliad (/ ˈ ɪ l i ə d / ⓘ; [1] Ancient Greek: Ἰλιάς, romanized: Iliás, ; lit. ' [a poem] about Ilion (Troy) ') is one of two major ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer. It is one of the oldest extant works of literature still widely read by modern audiences.