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Latin epic poem by Virgil
The Aeneid (/ɪˈniːɪd/ ih-NEE-id; Latin: Aeneis [ae̯ˈneːɪs]) is a Latin epic poem that tells the legendary story of Aeneas, a Trojan who fled the fall of
Aeneid
Object in Virgil's "Aeneid"
The Golden Bough is a fantastical object described in the Aeneid, an epic poem by the Roman poet Virgil composed between 29 and 19 BC narrating the adventures
Golden_Bough_(Aeneid)
1st-century-BC Roman poet
Latin literature: the Eclogues (or Bucolics), the Georgics, and the epic Aeneid. Some minor poems, collected in the Appendix Vergiliana, were attributed
Virgil
In Greek mythology, close friend of Aeneas
In the Aeneid, Achates (Ancient Greek: Ἀχάτης, "good, faithful Achates", fidus Achates as he was called) was a close friend of Aeneas; his name became
Achates_(Aeneid)
Anti-Augustan interpretations of Virgil's "Aeneid"
school of thought in the study of the Aeneid, an epic poem by the Roman poet Virgil. It challenges the view of the Aeneid as a heroic poem written to glorify
Harvard_School
Trojan hero in Greco-Roman mythology
receives full treatment in Roman mythology, most extensively in Virgil's Aeneid, where he is cast as an ancestor of Romulus and Remus. He became the first
Aeneas
Greek: Μίμας) was a Greek mythological character who appears in Virgil's Aeneid. A noble Trojan, he was the son of Amycus and Theano. Mimas was said to
Mimas_(Aeneid)
Sea monster in Greek mythology
Commentary on Virgil's Aeneid 3.420 Homer, Odyssey 12.201–59 & 430–50 Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 4.821–960 Gutenberg Project: The Aeneid E. F. Taylor translation
Charybdis
Character in the Aeneid
In Virgil's Aeneid, Androgeos or Androgeus (Ancient Greek: Ἀνδρόγεως, romanized: Androgeōs; derived from andros "of a man" and geos, genitive gē "earth
Androgeus_(Aeneid)
Ancient Roman goddess of marriage and childbirth
ambivalence of the relationship of Juno with Rome and Romans in Virgil's Aeneid, who has Latin, Greek and Punic traits, result of a plurisaecular process
Juno_(mythology)
(Ancient Greek: Ἀλήτης) is an old and wise Trojan counselor depicted in the Aeneid. He commends Nisus and Euryalus for their courage. They intend to enter
Aletes_(Aeneid_character)
Mythical character King of the Rutuli
history, and the chief antagonist of the hero Aeneas in Virgil's Aeneid. According to the Aeneid, Turnus is the son of Daunus and the nymph Venilia and is brother
Turnus
Legendary founder and first queen of Carthage
Virgil, Aeneid, 1.335 Virgil, Aeneid, 1.657 Virgil, Aeneid, 4.1 Virgil, Aeneid, 4.160 Virgil, Aeneid, 4.362 Virgil, Aeneid, 4.474 Virgil, Aeneid, 4.630
Dido
Journey into the underworld in literature
fearful as he waits for more heroes and leaves. The katabasis of Virgil's Aeneid occurs in book 6 of the epic. Unlike Odysseus, Aeneas seeks to enter the
Katabasis
Half-bird half-woman monsters associated with storm winds
Valerius Flaccus, 4.425 Virgil, Aeneid 6.287 ff.; Seneca, Hercules Furens 747 ff. Virgil, Aeneid 3.210 Virgil, Aeneid 6.289 Apollonius Rhodius, 2.298
Harpy
The Aeneid has been analyzed by scholars of several different generations and schools of thought to try to determine the political commentary that Virgil
Political commentary of the Aeneid
Political_commentary_of_the_Aeneid
Legendary war in Greek mythology
the most important is the first century BC poet Virgil; in Book 2 of his Aeneid, Aeneas narrates the sack of Troy. Traditionally, the Trojan War arose from
Trojan_War
Painting by Jean-Joseph Taillasson
Virgil Reading the Aeneid to Augustus and Octavia is a 1787 history painting by the French artist Jean-Joseph Taillasson. Neoclassical in style it depicts
Virgil Reading the Aeneid to Augustus and Octavia (Taillasson)
Virgil_Reading_the_Aeneid_to_Augustus_and_Octavia_(Taillasson)
Legendary Greek king of Ithaca
Prince Aeneas of Troy, considered him a villainous falsifier. In Virgil's Aeneid, written between 29 and 19 BC, he is constantly referred to as "cruel Odysseus"
Odysseus
One-eyed giants in Greek and Roman mythology
the assistants of smith-god Hephaestus, as does Virgil in the Latin epic Aeneid, where he seems to equate the Hesiodic and Homeric Cyclopes. From at least
Cyclopes
Chthonic female deities of vengeance in Greek mythology
variant accounts, they are the daughters of Nyx ('Night'), while in Virgil's Aeneid, they are daughters of Pluto and Nox (the Roman name for Nyx). In some accounts
Erinyes
Mythological figure in Virgil's Aeneid
In Virgil's Aeneid, Camilla of the Volsci is a warrior who fights against the Trojans during the war in Latium. She stars in Book 11, where she leads a
Camilla_(mythology)
1834 painting by J. M. W. Turner
Aeneid by Virgil. It is in the collection of the Tate galleries. The English painter J. M. W. Turner painted several scenes based on Virgil's Aeneid,
The_Golden_Bough_(painting)
Figure in Roman legendary lore
itself. Like his father, Ascanius appears as a major character in Virgil's Aeneid. In Greek and Roman mythology, Ascanius was the son of the Trojan prince
Ascanius
Wooden horse in Greek mythology
only briefly mentioned in the Odyssey. It is described at length in the Aeneid, in which Virgil recounts how, after a fruitless ten-year siege, the Greeks
Trojan_Horse
Favorite of Apollo in Greek mythology
preferred the more tranquil art of healing to all the others. Virgil's Aeneid (XII: 391–402) relates that Iapyx was Aeneas's healer during the Trojan
Iapyx
Nymph transformed into a sea monster by Circe in Greek mythology
beautiful nymph who is transformed into a monster. Book Three of Virgil's Aeneid associates the strait where Scylla dwells with the Strait of Messina between
Scylla
Poetic meter consisting of six feet
known use is for epic poems, such as Homer's Iliad and Odyssey and Virgil's Aeneid, but it was also used for didactic and pastoral poetry in both languages
Dactylic_hexameter
Mythological son of Odysseus
Homer, Odyssey Books XXI–XXII Hyginus, Fabulae 95; Servius on Virgil's Aeneid, 2.81; Tzetzes on Lycophron, 384; Aelian, Varia Historia 8.12. "Hesiod,
Telemachus
on 22 July 2018. Retrieved 12 May 2017. Virgil's Aeneid Translated by John Dryden (1697). The Aeneid of Virgil Translated into English by John William
List_of_Latin_phrases_(N)
In Roman mythology, the friends, family and companions of Aeneas
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
Aeneads
1788 painting by Angelica Kauffman
Virgil Reading the Aeneid to Augustus and Octavia is an oil on canvas painting by Angelica Kauffman, from 1788. It is held in the Hermitage Museum, in
Virgil Reading the Aeneid to Augustus and Octavia
Virgil_Reading_the_Aeneid_to_Augustus_and_Octavia
12th-century Platonist philosopher and poet
Silvestris Commentary on the Aeneid and Two Other Interpretations", attempts to clear up the issue of the authorship of the Aeneid commentary by distinguishing
Bernardus_Silvestris
Academic monograph
Darkness Visible: A Study of Vergil's Aeneid is an academic monograph by the American Latinist W. R. Johnson. Published in 1976 by University of California
Darkness Visible: A Study of Vergil's Aeneid
Darkness_Visible:_A_Study_of_Vergil's_Aeneid
Lengthy poem dealing with supernatural forces
Western literature and culture include Homer's Iliad and Odyssey; Virgil's Aeneid; and the anonymous Beowulf. The genre has inspired the adjective epic as
Epic_poetry
Ferryman of Hades in Greek mythology
next to the cremation urn containing the ashes. In Virgil's epic poem, Aeneid, the dead who could not pay the fee, and those who had received no funeral
Charon
In Greek mythology, daughter of Priam
during the sack of Troy, fleeing the city with her husband. In Virgil's Aeneid, during the sack of Troy, Creusa is lost in the confusion while their family
Creusa_(wife_of_Aeneas)
Early illustrated copy of Virgil
of Virgil's Aeneid and Georgics. It was made in Rome in around 400 CE, and is one of the oldest surviving sources for the text of the Aeneid. It is the
Vergilius_Vaticanus
Character in the epic poem The Aeneid
In the Aeneid of Virgil, Abaris (Ancient Greek: Ἄβαρις) was a warrior of Turnus, the man who resisted the Trojan hero, Aeneas in Italy. He was killed by
Abaris_(Aeneid)
Roman legendary shield
shield that Aeneas receives from the god Vulcan in Book VIII of Virgil's Aeneid to aid in his war against the Rutuli. Imprinted on the front of the shield
Shield_of_Aeneas
Greek mythological figure in the Odyssey
of Elpenor was the model for the story of Palinurus in Virgil's Aeneid. In the Aeneid, Palinurus, one of Aeneas' men, falls overboard and ends up swimming
Elpenor
Mythological prophetess and princess of Troy
Retrieved 2021-11-27. Homer, Odyssey, 11.404 Virgil, Aeneid, 2.234 Virgil, Aeneid, 3.147 Virgil, Aeneid, 2.402 Trinacty, Christopher V. (2016). "Catastrophe
Cassandra
List of Greek mythological figures
Euryalus by Diomede. Pallas (son of Evander), a prominent character in the Aeneid. Pallas Athena, one of the epithets of the goddess Athena. Hesiod, Theogony
Pallas_(mythology)
Mythical coxwain of Aeneas' ship
Palinurus (Palinūrus), in Roman mythology and especially Virgil's Aeneid, is the coxswain of Aeneas' ship. Later authors used him as a general type of
Palinurus
Ancient city in the Alban Hills in Latium
Rome, had come from the royal dynasty of Alba Longa, which in Virgil's Aeneid had been the bloodline of Aeneas, a son of Venus. According to Livy, Roman
Alba_Longa
Greek mythological figure
Greek: Κάπυς, romanized: Kápys) was a king of Dardania during the Iliad and Aeneid. Capys was the son of Assaracus by either Hieromneme (naiad daughter of
Capys_(son_of_Assaracus)
Mythic location in the Aeneid
that is mentioned by Virgil during Aeneas' trip to the underworld. In his Aeneid, Virgil locates the fields of sorrow close to the rough waters of the river
Fields_of_sorrow
College Board test
2012–2013 academic year, the course focused on poetry selections from the Aeneid, written by Augustan author Publius Vergilius Maro, also known as Vergil
AP_Latin
American classicist (1928–1971)
movement that became known as the Harvard School of criticism into Virgil's Aeneid. The son of the Homeric scholar Milman Parry, Parry spent much of his early
Adam_Parry
Most beautiful woman in Greek mythology
IV, 277–289; Vergil, Aeneid, VI, 515–519. * Hughes, Helen of Troy, 220; Suzuki, Metamorphoses of Helen, 99–100. Vergil, Aeneid, VI, 494–512. * Suzuki
Helen_of_Troy
Figure in Greek mythology
who later became a queen of Thrace. She is briefly mentioned in Virgil's Aeneid: Aeneas gives her scepter to Dido. In the Fabulae by Hyginus, Ilione is
Ilione
Greek mythological ruler of the winds
757–769 & 4.818–822 Virgil, Aeneid 1.50–58. Virgil, Aeneid 1.65–75 Virgil, Aeneid 1.81–101 Virgil, Aeneid 1.137–141. Virgil, Aeneid 1.124–156 Homer, Odyssey
Aeolus_(son_of_Hippotes)
Muse of epic poetry
the Iliad and the Odyssey. The Roman epic poet Virgil invokes her in the Aeneid ("Aid, O Calliope, the martial song!"). In some cases, she is said to be
Calliope
Study of causation, or origination
the origins of various social or natural phenomena. For example, Virgil's Aeneid is a national myth written to explain and glorify the origins of the Roman
Etiology
British classical scholar (1944–2005)
1987 book Further Voices in Virgil's "Aeneid" was an important text in the Harvard School of analysis of the Aeneid, which saw the poem as containing implicit
Oliver_Lyne
Describing visual art in words
Shield of Achilles. Later examples of ekphrastic poetry occur in Virgil's Aeneid, such as the description of the doors of the temple of Juno in Carthage
Ekphrasis
Figure in Greco-Roman mythology
Trojan War, namely Odysseus and Aeneas. Although his appearance in the Aeneid is irreconcilable with his appearance in Greek mythology, the two pictures
Latinus
Ancient Greek mythological figures
reported this to the gods, for which Aloeus had her flayed alive. In Virgil's Aeneid, the sons of Aloeus were found in the underworld and there Aeneas sees them
Aloeus
Roman personification/deity of hunger
Fames; Servius, Commentary on the Aeneid of Vergil 6.605. Schaffner, s.v. Fames. Plautus, Stichus 155–166. Virgil, Aeneid 6.275–276. Seneca, Hercules 691–696
Fames
Ancient Greek punisher of murder
VI of Virgil's Aeneid, she is described as the guardian of the gates of Tartarus, "clothed in a blood-wet dress". In Book X of the Aeneid, she is described
Tisiphone
River in Greece
x. 513 Pausanias, Description of Greece i. 17, § 5 Virgil, Aeneid vi. 297 Virgil, Aeneid 6. 323 Morris Eaves; Robert N. Essick; Joseph Viscomi (eds.)
Acheron
Literary image, originally from Greek
Virgil borrowed the image of the two gates in lines 893–898 of Book 6 of his Aeneid, describing that of horn as the passageway for true shadows and that of
Gates_of_horn_and_ivory
Son of Helios in Greek mythology
book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help) Maurus Servius Honoratus. On Aeneid. 10.189. Philostratus, Imagines 1.11.1 Clement of Alexandria (2006-02-02)
Phaethon
Group of characters in Greek mythology
third Aeolus was a son of Hippotes who is mentioned in the Odyssey and the Aeneid as the ruler of the winds. All three men named Aeolus appear to be connected
Aeolus
Figure from Greco-Roman mythology
a friend of Odysseus. Misenus was a character in Virgil's epic poem the Aeneid. He was a brother-in-arms of Hector and, after Hector's death, Aeneas' trumpeter
Misenus
American classicist (1923–2006)
"An Interpretation of the Aeneid" is considered a foundational text of the Harvard School, which interpreted Vergil's Aeneid as containing subtle messages
Wendell_Clausen
Aria from Henry Purcell's opera Dido and Aeneas
See media help. The text, as well as Purcell's opera, is based on the Aeneid, the Roman epic poem by Virgil about the Trojan warrior Aeneas, travelling
Dido's_Lament
Ukrainian writer (1769–1838)
Ukrainian literature. His main work is the poem Eneida, a travesty of Virgil's Aeneid. Kotliarevsky was born on 9 September [O.S. 29 August] 1769 in the Ukrainian
Ivan_Kotliarevsky
Pair of lovers in Vergil's Aeneid
romanized: Eurýalos, lit. 'broad') are two young warriors serving under Aeneas in the Aeneid, the Augustan epic by Virgil. Their foray among the enemy, narrated in book
Nisus_and_Euryalus
Russian writer and translator
mock-heroic 1791 poem Aeneid Turned Inside Out [ru] (Russian: Виргилиева Энеида, вывороченная наизнанку, lit. 'Vergil's Aeneid, turned inside out') (Russian:
N._P._Osipov
2008 novel by Ursula K. Le Guin
recounts the life of Lavinia, a minor character in Virgil's epic poem the Aeneid. Lavinia, daughter of the king of the Latins of Laurentum, is sought after
Lavinia_(novel)
Cradle of civilization in North Africa
Flood myths Genesis Gilgamesh Greek Literature Odyssey Histories (Herodotus) On the Ocean Argonautica Histories (Polybius) Metamorphoses Geography Aeneid
Ancient_Egypt
Sea god of Greek mythology
also have Iris as the daughter of Thaumas. Virgil, Aeneid 3 211–212; Servius, On Virgil, Aeneid 3.212. Hyginus, Fabulae 14.18. Nonnus, Dionysiaca 26
Thaumas
Mythical Greek soldier of the Trojan War
Trojan War. He is not mentioned by Homer, but his story is given in the Aeneid of Virgil and other accounts, as a treacherous agent of the Greeks who misleads
Sinon
Ancient Roman goddess of love, sex and fertility
sanctioned any identifications made in this way." Venus Acidalia, in Virgil's Aeneid (1.715–22, as mater acidalia). Servius speculates this "rare" and "strangely
Venus_(mythology)
Priest of the goddess Diana at Aricia in Italy
Greece II, 27, 4. Publius Vergilius Maro, Aeneid, book VII, 761 ff Maurus Servius Honoratus, Commentary on the Aeneid, 2.116 & 6.136 Fontenrose J, The Ritual
Rex_Nemorensis
Latin phrase after Virgil's Aeneid
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)
Lacrimae_rerum
Priestess presiding over the Apollonian oracle at Cumae
the Cumaean Sibyl in the legends of early Rome as codified in Virgil's Aeneid VI, and because of her proximity to Rome, the Cumaean Sibyl became the most
Cumaean_Sibyl
Nephew of Roman emperor Augustus
led to his celebration by Sextus Propertius, as well as by Virgil in the Aeneid. Marcellus was born into the Claudii Marcelli, a plebeian branch of the
Marcellus (nephew of Augustus)
Marcellus_(nephew_of_Augustus)
Trojan sailor in Virgil's ''Aeneid''
Gyas, a character in Virgil's Aeneid, features most extensively as one of the captains in the boat race in Book 5. He also appears (briefly) in Books 1
Gyas
Nisus, son of Hyrtacus, and lover and friend of Euryalus, in Virgil's Aeneid. He participated in the games held by Aeneas in Sicily. Nisus later died
Nisus_(mythology)
Mortal lover of the goddess Aphrodite
is most famous as the father of Aeneas and for his treatment in Virgil's Aeneid. Anchises' brother was Acoetes, father of the priest Laocoön. He was a mortal
Anchises
Ancient Greek mythological hero
figure in Homer's Iliad and is also mentioned in the Odyssey, in Virgil's Aeneid and in Euripides' The Trojan Women. In Etruscan legend, he was known as
Ajax_the_Lesser
1812 painting by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
Virgil reading the Aeneid before Augustus, Livia and Octavia, known in French as Tu Marcellus Eris, is an 1812 painting by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
Virgil reading The Aeneid before Augustus, Livia and Octavia
Virgil_reading_The_Aeneid_before_Augustus,_Livia_and_Octavia
Greek mythological hero
257. Cf. Vergil, Aeneid 1.474–478. Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca Epitome 3.32. Scholia to Lycophron 307; Servius, Scholia to the Aeneid Perseus Project
Achilles
Figure in Greek and Roman mythology
Trigemina. Evander of Pallantium recounts the story of Cacus in Virgil's Aeneid According to Evander, Hercules stopped to pasture the cattle he had stolen
Cacus
City in Dante's Inferno
("Father Dis") is the ruler of the underworld. In the sixth book of Virgil's Aeneid (one of the principal influences on Dante in his depiction of Hell), the
Dis_(Divine_Comedy)
Greek mythological figure; son of Achilles
Neoptolemus's death his kingdom was partitioned. According to Virgil's Aeneid, Helenus (who later married Andromache) took part of it: "Helenus, a son
Neoptolemus
Greek mythological figure
to the god and promised to never fly again. In an invention of Virgil (Aeneid VI), Daedalus flies to Cumae and founds his temple there, rather than in
Daedalus
God of the underworld in Greek mythology
32-48 Virgil, Aeneid 6.250 Orphic Hymns 29 to Persephone 11 Orphic Hymns 70 to the Furies 4-5 Statius, Thebaid 8.73-77 Virgil, Aeneid 7.328 Lucian, Dialogues
Hades
Wife of Aeneas in Roman mythology
has what is perhaps her most, or only, memorable moment in Book 7 of the Aeneid, lines 94–104: during a sacrifice at the altars of the gods, Lavinia's hair
Lavinia
Topics referred to by the same term
The Golden Bough may also refer to: Golden Bough (Aeneid), mythical object from the epic Aeneid, book VI, by the Roman poet Virgil The Golden Bough
The Golden Bough (disambiguation)
The_Golden_Bough_(disambiguation)
27 BC–476/1453 AD state and civilization
the ideology that neither time nor space limited the Empire. In Virgil's Aeneid, limitless empire is said to be granted to the Romans by Jupiter. This claim
Roman_Empire
Greek Sea nymphs, daughters of Nereus
Retrieved 7 March 2016. Homer, Iliad 18.39–18.51 Virgil, Georgics 4.338 Virgil, Aeneid 5.825–5.826 Apollodorus, 2.4.3; Hyginus, Fabulae 64, De Astronomica 2.10
Nereids
Type of arcology
resembles a beehive in its density and organization. As early as Virgil's Aeneid, comparisons have been made between certain cities, namely Carthage, and
Hive_city
Character in Greek mythology
Homer, Iliad, 2. 837; Apollodorus, Epitome 3.35 Virgil, Aeneid 5.294, 9.177 & 406 Virgil, Aeneid 5.492; Macrobius, Saturnalia 5.15.12 Apollodorus, The Library
Hyrtacus
Culture hero of Greek and Roman myth
with Heracles who was named Pallas. Evander plays a major role in Virgil's Aeneid Books VIII-XII. Previous to the Trojan War, Evander gathered a group of
Evander_of_Pallantium
Roman noblewoman, full-sister of Augustus
his Life of Vergil, states that Virgil recited three whole books [of his Aeneid] for Augustus: the second, fourth, and sixth—this last out of his well-known
Octavia_the_Younger
2004 epic historical war film directed by Wolfgang Petersen
Troy is a 2004 epic historical action film directed by Wolfgang Petersen and written by David Benioff. Produced by units in Malta, Mexico and Britain's
Troy_(film)
Set of mythological Greek characters
caused by Odysseus and Diomedes in the Thracian camp. Hippocoon, in the Aeneid, son of Hyrtacus, one of the participants in the archery contest at Anchises's
Hippocoon
AENEID
AENEID
AENEID
Female
Bulgarian
(Светла), light.
Boy/Male
Tamil
Sowmika | ஸோவà¯à®®à¯€à®•ா
Angel, Princess
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Birchall.
Girl/Female
Scottish
From the green meadow.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Keech.
Boy/Male
Australian, German, Swedish
Gift; Brave; Hardy
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
Rising Light
Boy/Male
English
Red haired defender.
Girl/Female
Muslim/Islamic
Neat lady
Boy/Male
Arabic
Justice; Justify
AENEID
AENEID
AENEID
AENEID
AENEID
n.
The principal personage in a poem, story, and the like, or the person who has the principal share in the transactions related; as Achilles in the Iliad, Ulysses in the Odyssey, and Aeneas in the Aeneid.
n.
The great epic poem of Virgil, of which the hero is Aeneas.
n.
Same as Aeneid.
n.
A verse of six feet, the first four of which may be either dactyls or spondees, the fifth must regularly be a dactyl, and the sixth always a spondee. In this species of verse are composed the Iliad of Homer and the Aeneid of Virgil. In English hexameters accent takes the place of quantity.