Vergil · 70–19 BC · Epic
The complete
Aeneid.
All twelve books, with J. B. Greenough’s Latin text, selectable translations by Theodore C. Williams, John Dryden, and James Rhoades, and Lewis & Short word study.
Introductions & notes →I→II→III→IV→V→VI→VII→VIII→IX→X→XI→XII→
Book I · lines 1–756
The Storm and Carthage
Juno drives the Trojans onto the African coast, where Aeneas meets Queen Dido.Book II · lines 1–804
The Fall of Troy
Aeneas recounts the wooden horse, Troy’s destruction, and his flight from the city.Book III · lines 1–718
The Wanderings
Prophecies and disasters carry the exiles from Thrace and Crete toward Italy.Book IV · lines 1–705
Dido
The queen’s love, Aeneas’s departure, and the tragedy that binds Carthage to Rome.Book V · lines 1–871
The Funeral Games
In Sicily, Aeneas honors Anchises with contests before loss divides his company.Book VI · lines 1–901
The Underworld
The Sibyl leads Aeneas below, where Anchises reveals Rome’s future.Book VII · lines 1–817
War in Latium
Arrival in Italy gives way to prophecy, fury, and the gathering of armies.Book VIII · lines 1–731
Evander and the Shield
Aeneas finds allies and receives armor bearing the still-unwritten history of Rome.Book IX · lines 1–818
The Siege
With Aeneas absent, Turnus attacks and Nisus and Euryalus make their fatal night raid.Book X · lines 1–908
The Battle
The gods debate, Pallas falls, and Aeneas returns to the field in fury.Book XI · lines 1–915
Camilla
Truce, counsel, and renewed war culminate in the warrior Camilla’s death.Book XII · lines 1–952
Aeneas and Turnus
Broken treaties and divine interventions drive the rivals toward single combat.Latin: J. B. Greenough (1900) · English: Theodore C. Williams (1910), John Dryden (1697), and James Rhoades (1921) · Digital texts: Perseus Digital Library, Project Gutenberg, and Internet Archive