Aeneas escapes the fall of Troy with his father and son, is driven by Juno’s anger across the Mediterranean, loves and leaves Queen Dido of Carthage, descends to the underworld, and fights for a new home in Italy. This edition offers John Conington’s prose translation with an introduction on Virgil’s life, sources and influence.
Rome’s national epic in a clear English prose version suited to first-time readers. Download the free EPUB.