Movatterモバイル変換

[0]ホーム
URL:

Jump to content
WikipediaThe Free Encyclopedia
Search

Aeneid

From Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Aeneas flees burning Troy,Federico Barocci, 1598Galleria Borghese, Rome

TheAeneid (Latin:Aeneis) is anepic poem written byVirgil between29 and19 BC. It tells thestory of "piousAeneas".[1]

Aeneas is a Trojan warrior who had to leave his city because the Greeks captured Troy after a long war. It starts with Aeneas carrying his fatherAnchises out of the burningTroy. It ends with Aeneas landing on theshores ofItaly, fighting in the region of Rome. It can be read as indirectpropaganda in favour ofAugustus, theRoman Emperor of the day.

The story is written inhexameters, a type of verse.

References

[change |change source]
  1. ↑Moseley, Nicholas."Pius Aeneas,"The Classical Journal, Vol. 20, No. 7 (Apr., 1925), pp. 387-400; retrieved 2011-10-31.
Wikisource has original writing related to this article:
Wikimedia Commons has media related toAeneid.


Thisshort article aboutliterature can be made longer. You can help Wikipedia byadding to it.
Retrieved from "https://simple.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Aeneid&oldid=8958131"
Categories:
Hidden categories:
[8]ページ先頭
©2009-2026 Movatter.jp