Aeneid

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English: The Aeneid de (IPA English pronunciation: [ə'niːɪd]; in Latin Aeneis, pronounced [aɪ'neː.ɪs] — the title is Greek in form: genitive case Aeneidos) is a Latin epic written by Virgil in the 1st century BC (between 29 and 19 BC) that tells the legendary story of Aeneas, a Trojan who traveled to Italy where he became the ancestor of the Romans.
Interlingua: Le Eneide (pronunciation interlingua in API: [eˈne.i.de]; in latino Aeneis, Aeneidos) es un epos latin scribite per Vergilio in le prime seculo ante nostre era (inter 29 e 19) que relata le historia de Eneas, un troiano qui viagiava a Italia, secundo le legenda, e deveniva le ancestre del romanos.

Book 1[edit]

  • Venus appearing to her son Aeneas
    Venus appearing to her son Aeneas

Juno and Aeolus[edit]

  • Lucio Massari
    Lucio Massari
  • François Boucher - Kimbell 'Juno Asking Aeolus to Release the Winds'
    François Boucher - Kimbell 'Juno Asking Aeolus to Release the Winds'
  • Delacroix
    Delacroix

Neptune calming the Tempest Aeolus raised against the Fleet of Aeneas[edit]

  • Neptunus stilling the waves
    Neptunus stilling the waves

Aeneas and Diomedes[edit]

Aeneas landing in Lybia[edit]

Venus as Huntress Appears to Aeneas[edit]

  • Venus Appearing to Aeneas on the Shores of Carthage
    Venus Appearing to Aeneas on the Shores of Carthage
  • Venus as Huntress Appears to Aeneas
    Venus as Huntress Appears to Aeneas
  • Venus as a Huntress Appearing to Aeneas and Achates
    Venus as a Huntress Appearing to Aeneas and Achates

Meeting of Dido and Aeneas[edit]

Cupid with Dido and Aeneas[edit]

  • Venus and Juno provoke Dido's love for Aeneas
    Venus and Juno provoke Dido's love for Aeneas
  • Tiepolo - Aeneas Introducing Cupid Dressed as Ascanius to Dido
    Tiepolo - Aeneas Introducing Cupid Dressed as Ascanius to Dido
  • Francesco Solimena - Dido Receiving Aeneas and Cupid Disguised as Ascanius
    Francesco Solimena - Dido Receiving Aeneas and Cupid Disguised as Ascanius
  • Dido and the false Ascanius
    Dido and the false Ascanius

Building the city[edit]

Book 2[edit]

Dido listening (Feast of Dido)[edit]

Murder of Androgeos[edit]

  • The Trojans Defend Their City; They Kill Androgeos
    The Trojans Defend Their City; They Kill Androgeos

Sinon[edit]

Laocoon[edit]

  • Bartolomeo Pinelli, 1880s
    Bartolomeo Pinelli, 1880s

Trojan horse[edit]

Cassandra[edit]

Venus counsels Aeneas[edit]

  • The Fall of Troy; Helen Takes Refuge in the Sanctuary of Vesta; Venus Counsels Aeneas; Juno Encourages the Greeks
    The Fall of Troy; Helen Takes Refuge in the Sanctuary of Vesta; Venus Counsels Aeneas; Juno Encourages the Greeks
  • Aeneas leaves Troy
    Aeneas leaves Troy

Venus preventing Aeneas from killing Helen[edit]

Flight of Aeneas[edit]

  • Aeneas flees burning Troy, Federico Barocci, 1598 Galleria Borghese, Rome
    Aeneas flees burning Troy, Federico Barocci, 1598 Galleria Borghese, Rome
  • Flight of Aeneas, Roman denarius
    Flight of Aeneas, Roman denarius
  • Flight of Aeneas, Girolamo Genga
    Flight of Aeneas, Girolamo Genga
  • Flight of Aeneas, Carle van Loo
    Flight of Aeneas, Carle van Loo
  • Bartolomeo Pinelli, 1880s
    Bartolomeo Pinelli, 1880s

Aeneas and the ghost of his wife, Creusa[edit]

Venus rescues Aeneas from the flames[edit]

Book 3[edit]

Harpies[edit]

  • Aeneas and his men fighting the Harpies
    Aeneas and his men fighting the Harpies
  • The Harpies Attacking Aeneas and His Companions
    The Harpies Attacking Aeneas and His Companions

Embarkation of Aeneas from the Ceraunian Headland[edit]

Helenus and Andromache give presents to Aeneas[edit]

Aeneas and Helenus sacrificing[edit]

Aeneas and Andromache[edit]

Sacrifice[edit]

Offering to Neptune[edit]

Polydorus[edit]

  • Aeneas at the Polydorus' grave
    Aeneas at the Polydorus' grave
  • Discovery of the murder of Polydorus
    Discovery of the murder of Polydorus
  • Aeneas pulling up the myrtle that reveals the ghost of Polydorus
    Aeneas pulling up the myrtle that reveals the ghost of Polydorus

Aeneas leaving Crete[edit]

  • The penates call Aeneas to leave Cretes for Italy.
    The penates call Aeneas to leave Cretes for Italy.

Aeneas in Delos[edit]

  • Aeneas in Delos, Claude Lorrain
    Aeneas in Delos, Claude Lorrain

Cyclops[edit]

Aeneus landing in Drepanum[edit]

Aeneas lands in Thrace[edit]

Aeneas Builds a Fleet Near Antandrus, at the Foot of Mount Ida[edit]

The Fleet of Aeneas Arrives in Sight of Italy[edit]

Enceladus[edit]

  • Trojans Land Near Mount Etna; Beneath Lies the Giant Enceladus
    Trojans Land Near Mount Etna; Beneath Lies the Giant Enceladus

Book 4[edit]

Royal Hunt of Dido and Aeneas[edit]

  • Restout - The Departure of Dido and Aeneas for the Hunt
    Restout - The Departure of Dido and Aeneas for the Hunt

Aeneas and Dido in the cave[edit]

  • Aeneas and Dido in the cave, Roman Virgil MS
    Aeneas and Dido in the cave, Roman Virgil MS
  • The Storm. The Union between Aeneas and Dido in the Caves
    The Storm. The Union between Aeneas and Dido in the Caves

Dido sacrificing[edit]

Aeneas offers sacrifice to the Gods of the Lower World[edit]

  • Aeneas Offers Sacrifice to the Gods of the Lower World
    Aeneas Offers Sacrifice to the Gods of the Lower World

Aeneas Entreats Anchises to Flee from Troy[edit]

Mercury commanding Aeneas to leave Carthage[edit]

  • Mercury commanding Aeneas to leave Carthage, Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
    Mercury commanding Aeneas to leave Carthage, Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

Aeneas leaving Dido[edit]

  • Claude Lorrain - Aeneas's Farewell to Dido in Carthago
    Claude Lorrain - Aeneas's Farewell to Dido in Carthago

Death of Dido (Suicide of Dido)[edit]

  • The death of Dido, Vatican Virgil MS
    The death of Dido, Vatican Virgil MS
  • The death of Dido, Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
    The death of Dido, Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
  • The death of Dido, Augustin Cayot
    The death of Dido, Augustin Cayot

Book 5[edit]

Naval Games in Honor of Anchises[edit]

Aeneas awards the prizes to his captains[edit]

Sacrifice before the Anchises's tomb[edit]

Trojan Women Setting Fire to Their Fleet[edit]

  • Claude Lorrain
    Claude Lorrain

Aeneas and Acestes[edit]

Entellus[edit]

Book 6[edit]

The golden bough[edit]

Aeneas and the Sibyl of Cumae (Aeneas in the Underworld)[edit]

  • The Descent of Aeneas into Hell
    The Descent of Aeneas into Hell
  • Aeneas and the Sibyl of Cumae, J. M. W. Turner
    Aeneas and the Sibyl of Cumae, J. M. W. Turner

Aeneas and Charon[edit]

  • Aeneas and Charon
    Aeneas and Charon

Aeneas and Cerberus[edit]

Aeneas and the ghost of Dido[edit]

  • Aeneas and the ghost of Dido
    Aeneas and the ghost of Dido

Tu Marcellus eris[edit]

  • 'Virgil Reading his Aeneid to Octavia and Augustus' by Angelica Kauffmann
    'Virgil Reading his Aeneid to Octavia and Augustus' by Angelica Kauffmann
  • Ingres
    Ingres

Review of the Julian dynasty[edit]

Book 7[edit]

Aeneas Erects a Tomb to his Nurse Caieta[edit]

  • Aeneas Erects a Tomb to his Nurse, Caieta, and Flees the Country of Circe
    Aeneas Erects a Tomb to his Nurse, Caieta, and Flees the Country of Circe

The Fulfillment of the Prophecy of Anchises[edit]

Ascanius shoots the stag of Sylvia[edit]

Purification of Aeneas in the river Numicius[edit]

Aeneas at the court of Latinus[edit]

  • Troian emissaries before Latinus
    Troian emissaries before Latinus

Latinus presenting the horses[edit]

The Fury at the Feast[edit]

  • Juno, Seated on a Golden Throne, Asks Alecto to Confuse the Trojans
    Juno, Seated on a Golden Throne, Asks Alecto to Confuse the Trojans
  • Alecto Rousing Latinus Against Aeneas
    Alecto Rousing Latinus Against Aeneas

Amata and Lavinia among the Bacchantes[edit]

War is Declared Against the Trojans[edit]

Turnus over the bodies of Almo and Galaesus[edit]

Book 8[edit]

Other Aeneas' dream (with Tiber)[edit]

Heracles and Cacus[edit]

Aeneas and the sow[edit]

  • Arrival of Aeneas and Ascanius in Latium, 2nd century relief
    Arrival of Aeneas and Ascanius in Latium, 2nd century relief

Venus, Vulcan and arms for Aeneas[edit]

  • Venus demanding arms from Vulcan for Aeneas, Charles-Joseph Natoire
    Venus demanding arms from Vulcan for Aeneas, Charles-Joseph Natoire
  • Venus presenting arms to Aeneas, Gérard de Lairesse
    Venus presenting arms to Aeneas, Gérard de Lairesse
  • Venus brings Aeneas his weapons
    Venus brings Aeneas his weapons

Vulcan forging the weapons of Aeneas[edit]

  • Venus at Vulcan's Forge
    Venus at Vulcan's Forge

Evander and Aeneas at Palentium[edit]

Book 9[edit]

Ships transforming in nymphs[edit]

Iris and Turnus[edit]

Ascanius kills Numanus before Troy[edit]

Nisus and Euryalus[edit]

  • Nisus slaying Volscens
    Nisus slaying Volscens
  • The Mother of Euryalus receiving the news of his death
    The Mother of Euryalus receiving the news of his death

The Miracle of Cybele[edit]


Turnus slaying Pandarus[edit]

  • Pandarus and Bitias Fight the Rutuli Before the Trojan Camp
    Pandarus and Bitias Fight the Rutuli Before the Trojan Camp

Turnus Crosses the River[edit]

  • Turnus, Overwhelmed by the Trojans, Crosses the River to Return to His Companions
    Turnus, Overwhelmed by the Trojans, Crosses the River to Return to His Companions

Book 10[edit]

Mezentius and his son Lausus[edit]

  • Aeneas' fight with Mezentius and Lausus
    Aeneas' fight with Mezentius and Lausus
  • Aeneas erects a trophy of the weapons of Mezentius
    Aeneas erects a trophy of the weapons of Mezentius
  • Aeneas and the body of Lausus
    Aeneas and the body of Lausus

Pallas[edit]

  • Aeneas Shown the Body of Pallas
    Aeneas Shown the Body of Pallas

Venus protecting Aeneas[edit]

Book 11[edit]

Camilla[edit]

  • Battle of Camilla and Aeneas
    Battle of Camilla and Aeneas
  • The meeting of Turnus and Camilla
    The meeting of Turnus and Camilla
  • Camilla slaying Aunus
    Camilla slaying Aunus
  • Camilla and the son of Aunus
    Camilla and the son of Aunus
  • Death of Camilla
    Death of Camilla

King Latinus in council[edit]

The Trojans cremating their dead[edit]

Book 12[edit]

Turnus before Latinus[edit]

Wounded Aeneas[edit]

  • Iapyx removing the arrowhead from Aeneas' thigh, Roman fresco from Pompeii
    Iapyx removing the arrowhead from Aeneas' thigh, Roman fresco from Pompeii
  • Aeneas wounded in the leg healed with magic herbs by Venus
    Aeneas wounded in the leg healed with magic herbs by Venus

Battle between Aeneas and Turnus[edit]

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