Aeneas escapes the fall of Troy with his father and son and sails west under the hatred of Juno, is shipwrecked at Carthage and loved by its queen Dido, descends to the underworld and at last fights for a home in Italy. Edward Fairfax Taylor renders all twelve books in the stanza of The Faerie Queene, with an introduction and notes.
Rome’s national epic in a flowing English verse translation, ideal for readers who want the poem as poetry. Download the free EPUB.