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  2. Aeneid - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. Eneados - Wikipedia

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    The work was the first complete translation of a major classical text in the Scots language and the first successful example of its kind in any Anglic language. In addition to Douglas's version of Virgil's Aeneid , the work also contains a translation of the "thirteenth book" written by the fifteenth-century poet Maffeo Vegio as a continuation ...

  4. Eneida - Wikipedia

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    It is a loose retelling [3] [4] of N. P. Osipov's 1791 Aeneid Travestied Inside Out (Russian: Виргилиева Энеида, вывороченная наизнанку), written in Russian; the latter being a free translation of Aloys Blumauer's Virgils Aeneis, travestiert (1784), which in turn hails back to Paul Scarron's 1648 poem Le ...

  5. Lacrimae rerum - Wikipedia

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    Lacrimae rerum (Latin: [ˈlakrɪmae̯ ˈreːrũː] [1]) is the Latin phrase for "tears of things." It derives from Book I, line 462 of the Aeneid (c. 29–19 BC), by Roman poet Virgil (Publius Vergilius Maro) (70–19 BC).

  6. Frederick Ahl - Wikipedia

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    In 2007, Ahl published a translation of Virgil's Aeneid into English hexameter, which was republished in paperback in 2008. He is the editor of the series of translations under the rubric "Masters of Latin Literature".

  7. Allen Mandelbaum - Wikipedia

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    Mandelbaum received the 1973 National Book Award in category Translation for Virgil's Aeneid. [4] In 2000, Mandelbaum traveled to Florence, Italy, for the 735th anniversary of Dante's birth, and was awarded the Gold Medal of Honor of the City of Florence for his translation of the Divine Comedy. In 2003, he was awarded The Presidential Prize ...

  8. Mnestheus - Wikipedia

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    Mnestheus (Ancient Greek: Μνησθεός) is a character from Roman mythology, found in Virgil's Aeneid. He is described by Virgil as the ancestral hero of the Memmii and "Of the house of Assaracus". One of a handful of vaguely defined lieutenants under Aeneas, he appears to be Aeneas's most senior captain, taking charge in Book 9 in his absence.

  9. Aeneads - Wikipedia

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    This is for the mythical allies of Aeneas. For the story written about them by Virgil, see Aeneid. In Roman mythology, the Aeneads (Ancient Greek: Αἰνειάδαι) were the friends, family and companions of Aeneas, with whom they fled from Troy after the Trojan War.