The Aeneid

Virgil's masterpiece is the great national epic of Rome—the story of Aeneas, the Trojan hero who fled the burning city of Troy to found a new civilization in Italy. Guided by fate and harried by the vengeful goddess Juno, Aeneas leads his people across treacherous seas, falls into a doomed love affair with Queen Dido of Carthage, journeys into the underworld to meet the spirits of the dead, and wages war to claim his destined homeland. Written in the age of Augustus, The Aeneid is a profound meditation on duty, sacrifice, and the terrible cost of empire. A Raven's Gate Classics edition with dramatic new cover art.