Epic poem · 1697

The Aeneid

by Virgil

Translated by John Dryden (1697)

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James Rhoades’s translation (Longmans, Green, 1893–96; one-volume edition 1907) →

Richard Stanyhurst’s translation (1582) →

Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey’s translation (printed 1557) →

E. Fairfax Taylor’s translation (Everyman's Library, 1907; reprinted 1910) →

Theodore C. Williams’s translation (1908) →

Virgil's Latin epic of Aeneas, the Trojan refugee who carries his gods to Italy and founds the line of Rome, in twelve books, rendered into English heroic couplets by John Dryden.

Contents · 12 parts

Book Iabout 1070 lines
Book IIabout 1090 lines
Book IIIabout 950 lines
Book IVabout 1010 lines
Book Vabout 1140 lines
Book VIabout 1250 lines
Book VIIabout 1110 lines
Book VIIIabout 980 lines
Book IXabout 1110 lines
Book Xabout 1310 lines
Book XIabout 1320 lines
Book XIIabout 1380 lines

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