The Aneid of Virgil, books i. to vi.
No CoverEpic poem following Trojan hero Aeneas from fallen Troy through divine trials, tragic love, and a journey to the underworld.
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Epic poem following Trojan hero Aeneas from fallen Troy through divine trials, tragic love, and a journey to the underworld.
will contain mild spoilers
Aeneas and Dido's passionate affair; implied intimacy, not graphic
Fall of Troy: Priam's family slaughtered; Laocoön killed by snakes; battles
No profanity present
Feasting and wine at banquets; ritual libations to the gods
Devoted bond of Nisus and Euryalus; open to queer readings
Olympian gods drive the plot; sacrifices, prophecies, and piety central
Prophecies, divine interventions, underworld journey, supernatural omens
Journey among shades of the dead; oracular prophecy and divination
Roman destiny and imperial founding; duty versus personal desire
Dido's on-page suicide by sword upon a funeral pyre
Wartime slaughter of civilians and children; enslavement; refugee suffering
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