An introduction to Virgil's Aeneid

Description:

The story and its subject: Rome - The hero: Aeneas - The secondary heroes: Dido and Turnus - The higher powers: Fate and the Gods - Structure: continuity and symmetry - Poetic expression: language and sensibility - Making the story: fusion of the legend of Aeneas' coming to Italy with matter from Iliad and Odyssey - Echoes of history.

subjects: Latin Epic poetry,  History and criticism,  Aeneas (Legendary character) in literature,  Rome in literature,  In literature,  Literature,  Aeneis (Virgil),  Aeneis (Vergilius),  Virgil,  Aeneas (legendary character),  Epic poetry, history and criticism

People: Virgil