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The Aeneid

The Aeneid

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Number of Chapters: 24

Length: 13 hours and 38 minutes

Language: English

The Aeneid is a Latin epic written by Virgil in the 1st century BC that tells the legendary story of Aeneas, a Trojan who traveled to Italy, where he became the ancestor of the Romans. The first six of the poem’s twelve books tell the story of Aeneas’ wanderings from Troy to Italy, and the poem’s second half treats the Trojans’ ultimately victorious war upon the Latins, under whose name Aeneas and his Trojan followers are destined to be subsumed. The poem was commissioned from Vergil by the Emperor Augustus to glorify Rome. Several critics think that the hero Aeneas’ abandonment of the Cartheginian Queen Dido, is meant as a statement of how Augustus’ enemy, Mark Anthony, should have behaved with the Egyptian Queen Cleopatra. (Summary by Wikipedia and Karen Merline)

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Bk 01: A Fateful Haven, pt 1 (Justin Brett)
Bk 01: A Fateful Haven, pt 2 (Joe Earley)
Bk 02: How They Took the City, pt 1 (ontheroad)
Bk 02: How They Took the City, pt 2 (ontheroad)
Bk 03: Sea Wanderings and Strange Meetings, pt 1 (Lars Rolander (1942-2016))
Bk 03: Sea Wanderings and Strange Meetings, pt 2 (Lars Rolander (1942-2016))
Bk 04: The Passion of the Queen, pt 1 (Philippa)
Bk 04: The Passion of the Queen, pt 2 (Philippa)
Bk 05: Games and a Conflagration, pt 1 (Joe Earley)
Bk 05: Games and a Conflagration, pt 2 (Joe Earley)
Bk 06: The World Below, pt 1 (Joshua B. Christensen)
Bk 06: The World Below, pt 2 (Joshua B. Christensen)
Bk 07: Juno Served by a Fury, pt 1 (Alan Brown)
Bk 07: Juno Served by a Fury, pt 2 (Alan Brown)
Bk 08: Arcadian Allies, pt 1 (Lars Rolander (1942-2016))
Bk 08: Arcadian Allies, pt 2 (Lars Rolander (1942-2016))
Bk 09: A Night Sortie, a Day Assault, pt 1 (Lars Rolander (1942-2016))
Bk 09: A Night Sortie, a Day Assault, pt 2 (Lars Rolander (1942-2016))
Bk 10: The Death of Princes, pt 1 (Philippa)
Bk 10: The Death of Princes, pt 2 (Philippa)
Bk 11: Debaters and a Warrior Girl, pt 1 (Lisa Chau)
Bk 11: Debaters and a Warrior Girl, pt 2 (Anna Simon)
Bk 12: The Fortunes of War, pt 1 (David Lipa)
Bk 12: The Fortunes of War, pt 2 (David Lipa)
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