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Title: The Aeneid
Author: Virgil
Translator: John Dryden
Release date: March 1, 1995 [eBook #228]
Most recently updated: December 5, 2024
Language: English
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THE AENEID
by Virgil
Translated by John Dryden
Contents
BOOK I
BOOK II
BOOK III
BOOK IV
BOOK V
BOOK VI
BOOK VII
BOOK VIII
BOOK IX
BOOK X
BOOK XI
BOOK XII
BOOK I
The Trojans, after a seven years' voyage, set sail for Italy, but are overtaken by a dreadful storm, which Aeolus raises at the request of Juno. The tempest sinks one, and scatters the rest.
Neptune drives off the winds, and calms the sea. Aeneas, with his own ship and six more, arrives safe at an African port. Venus complains to Jupiter of her son's misfortunes. Jupiter comforts her, and sends Mercury to procure him a kind reception among the
Carthaginians. Ae…