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]

  • RomanVirgilFolio077r.jpg
  • 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

  • Stories From Virgil, with Twenty Illustrations from Pinelli's Designs - Juno and Aeolus.jpg

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

  • Neptune calming the Tempest Aeolus raised against the Fleet of Aeneas MET DP812445.jpg
  • Neptunus stilling the waves

    Neptunus stilling the waves

Aeneas and Diomedes[edit]

  • Wenceslas Hollar - Aeneas and Diomedes.jpg

Aeneas landing in Lybia[edit]

  • Dosso Dossi - Enea e Acate sulla costa libica.jpg
  • Claude Gallée-Enée shassant le cerf.jpg

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]

  • Dido Receiving Aeneas.jpg
  • Sir Nathaniel Dance-Holland - The Meeting of Dido and Aeneas - Google Art Project.jpg
  • Wenceslas Hollar - Dido and Aeneas (State 2).jpg

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]

  • Vergilius vat 13.jpg

Book 2[edit]

Dido listening (Feast of Dido)[edit]

  • RomanVirgilFolio100vAeneasDidoConviviumDetail.jpg
  • Dido y eneas.jpg

Murder of Androgeos[edit]

  • The Trojans Defend Their City; They Kill Androgeos

    The Trojans Defend Their City; They Kill Androgeos

  • GrüningerAeneid.jpg

Sinon[edit]

  • Enea Vagante, Mitelli - Sinone imprigionato.jpg
  • Fregio di enea, palazzo fava, gruppo dei carracci, 01 sinone imprigionato, 1595 ca..JPG

Laocoon[edit]

  • VaticanVergilFolio18vLaocoon - detail.jpg
  • Bartolomeo Pinelli, 1880s

    Bartolomeo Pinelli, 1880s

Trojan horse[edit]

  • VaticanVergilFolio19rTrojanHorse.jpg
  • RomanVirgilFolio101r.jpg
  • Master of the Eneid Legend - Greek soldiers hide into the Trojan horse (Louvre, OA 7553).jpg
  • Fregio di enea, palazzo fava, gruppo dei carracci, 02 cavallo di troia, 1595 ca..JPG

Cassandra[edit]

  • Lotta intorno a Cassandra.jpg
  • Fregio di enea, palazzo fava, gruppo dei carracci, 03 lotta intorno a cassandra, 1595 ca..JPG

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]

  • The Works of Publius Virgilius Maro- Translated, Adorned with Sculpture, and illustrated with Annotations MET DP240364.jpg
  • Luca Ferrari - Venus preventing her son Aeneas from killing Helen of Troy - Google Art Project.jpg
  • Helen Saved by Venus from the Wrath of Aeneas LACMA M.2000.179.27.jpg
  • Stories From Virgil, with Twenty Illustrations from Pinelli's Designs - Aeneas and Helen.jpg

Flight of Aeneas[edit]

  • Aeneas Fleeing Troy with Anchises, Creusa, and Ascanias (Aeneid, Book II) MET ES5305.jpg
  • 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]

  • Aeneas Creusa Louvre OA7554.jpg
  • Enea e l'ombra di Creusa.jpg
  • Fregio di enea, palazzo fava, gruppo dei carracci, 07 enea e l'ombra di creusa, 1595 ca..JPG
  • Aeneas and the ghost of his wife, Creusa.jpg

Venus rescues Aeneas from the flames[edit]

  • Fregio di enea, palazzo fava, gruppo dei carracci, 04 venere soccorre enea, 1595 ca..JPG
  • Venere soccorre Enea.jpg

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

  • La mensa dei Troiani insozzata dalle Arpie.jpg
  • Carracci, Arpie, Palazzo Fava, Bologna.jpg
  • Stories From Virgil, with Twenty Illustrations from Pinelli's Designs - Harpies.jpg

Embarkation of Aeneas from the Ceraunian Headland[edit]

  • Giulio Benso, after Luca Cambiaso, The Embarkation of Aeneas from the Ceraunian Headland, NGA 152352.jpg

Helenus and Andromache give presents to Aeneas[edit]

  • Helenus and Andromache Give Presents to Aeneas (Aeneid, Book III) MET ES775.jpg

Aeneas and Helenus sacrificing[edit]

  • Aeneas Helenus sacrifice Louvre OA7557.jpg

Aeneas and Andromache[edit]

  • 2017-03 Brescia Mattes Pana (115).JPG
  • Wenceslas Hollar - Aeneas meets Andromache (State 2) 2.jpg
  • Wenceslas Hollar - Aeneas's farewell to Andromache (State 3).jpg

Sacrifice[edit]

  • Fregio di enea, palazzo fava, gruppo dei carracci, 08 sacrificio di enea, 1595 ca..JPG
  • Sacrificio di Enea.jpg

Offering to Neptune[edit]

  • Offerta a Nettuno.jpg
  • Fregio di enea, palazzo fava, gruppo dei carracci, 09 offerta a nettuno, 1595 ca..JPG

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]

  • Aeneas leaving Crete Louvre OA7555.jpg
  • 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]

  • Polifemo aggredisce la flotta dei Troiani.jpg
  • VaticanVergilFolio08vCyclopsLaboring.jpg
  • Fregio di enea, palazzo fava, gruppo dei carracci, 12 polifemo attacca la flotta troiana, 1595 ca..JPG

Aeneus landing in Drepanum[edit]

  • Vergilius Vat Folio 31v.jpg

Aeneas lands in Thrace[edit]

  • Wenceslas Hollar - Aeneas lands in Thrace (State 2).jpg

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

  • Aeneas Builds a Fleet Near Antandrus, at the Foot of Mount Ida (Aeneid, Book III) MET ES769.jpg

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

  • The Fleet of Aeneas Arrives in Sight of Italy (Aeneid, Book III) MET DP239944.jpg
  • Fregio di enea, palazzo fava, gruppo dei carracci, 11 approdo in italia, 1595 ca..JPG
  • Approdo di Enea in Italia.jpg

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]

  • Francesco Solimena - the Royal Hunt of Dido and Aeneas - Google Art Project.jpg
  • 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]

  • Dido sacrificing.png

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

  • Jagiellonian tapestry.JPG

Aeneas Entreats Anchises to Flee from Troy[edit]

  • Master of the Aeneid Legend - Aeneas Entreats Anchises to Flee from Troy.jpg

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

  • Michael Wauters - Mercury tells Aeneas to Leave Carthage - 1915.79.6 - Cleveland Museum of Art.tif
  • Wenceslas Hollar - Mercury and Aeneas (State 2) 2.jpg

Aeneas leaving Dido[edit]

  • Aeneas Departs from Carthage (Aeneid, Book IV) MET DT284851.jpg
  • Attributable to Jean Pénicaud I - Aeneas' departure from Carthage - Google Art Project.jpg
  • Claude Lorrain - Aeneas's Farewell to Dido in Carthago

    Claude Lorrain - Aeneas's Farewell to Dido in Carthago

  • Enea abbandona la reggia.jpg

Death of Dido (Suicide of Dido)[edit]

  • The death of Dido, Vatican Virgil MS

    The death of Dido, Vatican Virgil MS

  • Master of the Aeneid Legend - The Suicide of Dido - Walters 44206.jpg
  • 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

  • Stories From Virgil, with Twenty Illustrations from Pinelli's Designs - Death of Dido.jpg

Book 5[edit]

Naval Games in Honor of Anchises[edit]

  • Plaque with Naval Games in Honor of Anchises LACMA 51.13.2.jpg
  • Vergilius Vaticanus - BAV Lat.3225 - f42 - start of the ship race.jpg

Aeneas awards the prizes to his captains[edit]

  • Aeneas Awards the Prizes to His Captains by the Master of the Aeneid.JPG

Sacrifice before the Anchises's tomb[edit]

  • Aeneas and His Companions Sacrifice to the Gods before the Tomb of his Father, Anchises, in Sicily (Aeneid, Book V) MET ES1357.jpg

Trojan Women Setting Fire to Their Fleet[edit]

  • Palazzo fava, storie dell'eneide, bartolomeo cesi 03.JPG
  • Claude Lorrain

    Claude Lorrain

Aeneas and Acestes[edit]

  • Wenceslas Hollar - Aeneas and Acestes (State 2).jpg

Entellus[edit]

  • Getty Villa - Collection (5304812639).jpg
  • Entellus and Dares LACMA M.88.91.19.jpg
  • The Combat between Dares and Entellus (Aeneid, Book V) MET ES6647.jpg
  • Stories From Virgil, with Twenty Illustrations from Pinelli's Designs - Entellus killing the Bull.jpg

Book 6[edit]

The golden bough[edit]

  • Palazzo fava, storie dell'eneide, bartolomeo cesi 12.JPG
  • The golden bough by Wenceslas Hollar.jpg

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

  • The Descent of Aeneas into Hell

    The Descent of Aeneas into Hell

  • Perrier Aeneas and the Cumaean Sibyl.jpg
  • Aeneas and the Sibyl of Cumae, J. M. W. Turner

    Aeneas and the Sibyl of Cumae, J. M. W. Turner

  • Jan Brueghel the Elder (Attr.) - Aeneas and the Cumaean Sibyl in the Underworld.jpg
  • Peter Paul Rubens - Aeneas in the Underworld.jpg
  • Wenceslas Hollar - Aeneas in the underworld (State 2).jpg

Aeneas and Charon[edit]

  • Wenceslas Hollar - Aeneas and Charon (State 2).jpg
  • Aeneas and Charon

    Aeneas and Charon

Aeneas and Cerberus[edit]

  • Vergilius Vaticanus - La Sibylle et Énée aux enfers avec Cerbère - f48v.jpg
  • Palazzo fava, storie dell'eneide, bartolomeo cesi 10.JPG
  • Stories From Virgil, with Twenty Illustrations from Pinelli's Designs - Cerberus.jpg

Aeneas and the ghost of Dido[edit]

  • Wenceslas Hollar - Aeneas and Dido in the underworld (State 2).jpg
  • 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]

  • Wenceslas Hollar - Review of the Julian dynasty (State 2).jpg

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]

  • Master of the Aeneid Legend - The Fulfillment of the Prophecy of Anchises - Walters 44175.jpg

Ascanius shoots the stag of Sylvia[edit]

  • RomanVirgilFolio163r.jpg
  • Ascanius Shooting the Stag of Sylvia 1682 Claude Lorrain.jpg

Purification of Aeneas in the river Numicius[edit]

  • Ghezzi, The Purification of Aeneas in the River Numicius.jpg

Aeneas at the court of Latinus[edit]

  • Bol-aeneas.jpg
  • Troian emissaries before Latinus

    Troian emissaries before Latinus

Latinus presenting the horses[edit]

  • Vergilius Vaticanus - Latinus donne des chevaux aux Troyens f63r.jpg

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

  • Stories From Virgil, with Twenty Illustrations from Pinelli's Designs - The Fury at the Feast.jpg

Amata and Lavinia among the Bacchantes[edit]

  • Wenceslas Hollar - Amata and Lavinia among the Bacchantes (State 2).jpg

War is Declared Against the Trojans[edit]

  • Master of the Aeneid Legend - War is Declared Against the Trojans - Walters 44353.jpg

Turnus over the bodies of Almo and Galaesus[edit]

  • Stories From Virgil, with Twenty Illustrations from Pinelli's Designs - Turnus over the bodies of Almo and Galaesus.jpg

Book 8[edit]

Other Aeneas' dream (with Tiber)[edit]

  • Dream of Aeneas- Aeneas rests his head on his hands atop his shield, while the river god Tiber leans on a vessel and points upward with his left hand MET 17.50.17.85.jpg
  • The Dream of Aeneas LACMA 56.15.7.jpg
  • B. PINELLI, Enea e il Tevere.jpg

Heracles and Cacus[edit]

  • Stories From Virgil, with Twenty Illustrations from Pinelli's Designs - Hercules and Cacus.jpg

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

  • Vergilius Vaticanus - BAV Lat.3225 - f69 - Aeneas & the sow.jpg

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

  • Anthony van Dyck - Venus Asks Vulcan to Cast Arms for her Son Aeneas - WGA07447.jpg

Vulcan forging the weapons of Aeneas[edit]

  • Venus at Vulcan's Forge

    Venus at Vulcan's Forge

  • Wenceslas Hollar - Vulcan forging the weapons of Aeneas (State 2).jpg
  • Stories From Virgil, with Twenty Illustrations from Pinelli's Designs - Vulcan and the Cyclopes.jpg

Evander and Aeneas at Palentium[edit]

  • Opera Book 8 woodcut 1502.jpg
  • Wenceslas Hollar - Evander and Aeneas at Palentium (State 2).jpg
  • C.sf., urbino, nicola da urbino, piatto con enea che si reca a casa di evandro, 1528-1535 circa.JPG

Book 9[edit]

Ships transforming in nymphs[edit]

  • Vergilius Vaticanus f71r - Les Vaisseaux changés en nymphes.jpg

Iris and Turnus[edit]

  • Stories From Virgil, with Twenty Illustrations from Pinelli's Designs - Iris appearing to Turnus.jpg
  • Wenceslas Hollar - Iris and Turnus (State 2).jpg

Ascanius kills Numanus before Troy[edit]

  • Ascanius Kills Numarius before Troy by the Master of the Aeneid.JPG

Nisus and Euryalus[edit]

  • VaticanVergilFol073vTrojanCouncil.jpg
  • Nisus and Euryalus Surprise the Rutuli in their Camp (Aeneid, Book IX) MET ES774.jpg
  • Nisos Euryalos Louvre LL450 n2.jpg
  • Nisus slaying Volscens

    Nisus slaying Volscens

  • Nisus and Euryalus. Cornwall LGBT History Project 2016. Malcolm Lidbury e.JPG
  • Stories From Virgil, with Twenty Illustrations from Pinelli's Designs - Nisus and Euryalus.jpg
  • 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]

  • Master of the Aeneid Legend - The Miracle of Cybele - Walters 44142.jpg


Turnus slaying Pandarus[edit]

  • Pandarus and Bitias Fight the Rutuli Before the Trojan Camp

    Pandarus and Bitias Fight the Rutuli Before the Trojan Camp

  • Wenceslas Hollar - Turnus slaying Pandarus (State 2).jpg

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]

  • Wenceslas Hollar - Venus protecting Aeneas (State 2).jpg

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]

  • Wenceslas Hollar - King Latinus in council (State 1).jpg

The Trojans cremating their dead[edit]

  • Wenceslas Hollar - The Trojans cremating their dead (State 2).jpg

Book 12[edit]

Turnus before Latinus[edit]

  • Wenceslas Hollar - Turnus before Latinus (State 2).jpg

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

  • Hendrik Krock - Venus Bringing Simples for the Wounded Aeneas - KMS5000 - Statens Museum for Kunst.jpg

Battle between Aeneas and Turnus[edit]

  • Aeneas and Turnus.jpg
  • Wenceslas Hollar - The last fight of Aeneas and Turnus (State 1) 2.jpg
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