The Aeneid

The Aeneid is the mythic narrative poem by Roman poet Publius Vergilius Maro (Virgil) that became the national epic of the Roman Empire.

Aping The Iliad and The Odyssey in structure and voice and borrowing its protagonist from The Iliad, The Aeneid was written by Virgil to help unify the Roman Empire after years of civil war. In The Aeneid, a fleet of refugees from the sacked city-state of Troy, led by Aeneas, travels to Italy, where they are embroiled in war. Similar to The Odyssey and, to a lesser degree, The Iliad, the gods intervene frequently, and mythical beasts and realms are prominently featured.

The Aeneid was supported by Virgil's friend, the Emperor Augustus, who ensured its publication following the author's death. The Aeneid became required reading for students of Latin, and many phrases from the work have become idiomatic to the Latin language in the same way that passages from Shakespeare have to the English language.

• The majority of links in the following timeline are to IMDb, which has pop-ups

• 1971: Eneide (Miniseries)

• 1995: Dido and Aeneas (Film)

• 2004: The Aeneid (DVD)

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• Middlebury School: Dido and Aeneas: Scenario for a Dramatic Performance

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