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Aeneid
91 pages, 2017
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The Aeneid is an epic written by Virgil, which tells the tale of Trojan hero Aeneas and his journey from Troy to Rome. The legend of Aeneas was integral to Rome's foundation mythology; Virgil took this story, incorporating it into a new epic that would be accepted as part of the canon—the bodies of work recognized as "great literature. "


