Summaries Of Books Of The Aeneid
First XXII Lines
I sing of arms and a man, who was the first to escape from the mouth of Troy to Italy and by the fates he came to the Lavinian shores- having been tossed about much and enduring much both on land and on the sea due to the power of the gods, and on the account of the unforgetting anger of the cruel goddess Juno, also having suffered much in war, he founded the a city and brought his household gods to Latium- (and founded) A race from which the Latins and the Alban fathers and the great walls of Rome rose.
Help me oh Muse remember the reasons, why did the queen of the gods drive a man of such piety through so many dangers, hardships, and toils. Why are the celestial gods so angry?
There was an ancient city (Founded by the Tyrianians) Carthage, facing Italy and the mouth of the Tiber far off in the distance, a rich town, loving war, and very aggressive; Juno held even her precious island Samos in less regard: Here were her weapons, and here was her chariot; the......
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