Story of Aeneas

Story of Aeneas

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STORY OF AENEAS
BY
M. CLARKE Author of "Story Of Troy," "Story Of Caesar"

1898

CONTENTS.
INTRODUCTION
I. VERGIL, THE PRINCE OP POETS
II. THE GODS AND GODDESSES
I. THE WOODEN HORSE
II. AENEAS LEAVES TROY--THE HARPIES--PROPHESY OF
HELENUS-THE GIANT POLYPHEMUS
III. A GREAT STORM--ARRIVAL IN CARTHAGE
IV. DIDO'S LOVE--THE FUNERAL GAMES--SHIPS BURNED BY
THE WOMEN
V. THE SIBYL OF CUMAE--THE GOLDEN BOUGH--IN THE
REGIONS OF THE DEAD
VI. AENEAS ARRIVES IN LATIUM--WELCOMED BY KING
LATINUS
VII. ALLIANCE WITH EVANDER--VULCAN MAKES ARMS FOR
AENEAS--THE FAMOUS SHIELD
VIII. TURNUS ATTACKS THE TROJAN CAMP--NISUS AND
EURYALUS
IX. THE COUNCIL OF THE GODS--RETURN OF
AENEAS--BATTLE ON THE SHORE--DEATH OF PALLAS
X. FUNERAL OF PALLAS--AENEAS AND TURNUS
FIGHT--TURNUS IS SLAIN

[Illustration: Map, captioned: "MAP SHOWING THE WANDERINGS
OF AENEAS", extending from 10 degrees to 30 degrees east longitude,
and centered on 40 degrees north latitude.]

INTRODUCTION.
I. VERGIL, THE PRINCE OF LATIN POETS.
The story of AE-ne'as, as related by the Roman poet Ver'gil in his
celebrated poem called the AE-ne'id, which we are to tell about in this
book, is one of the most interesting of the myths or legends that have
come down to us from ancient authors.
Vergil lived in the time of the Roman Emperor Au-gus'tus (63 B.
C.--14 A. D.), grand-nephew and successor of Ju'li-us Cae'sar.
Augustus and his chief counsellor or minister Mae-ce'nas, gave great
encouragement to learning and learned men, and under their liberal
patronage arose a number of eminent writers to whose works has been
given the name of classics, as being of the highest rank or class. The
period is known as the Augustan Age, a phrase also used in reference to
periods in the history of other countries, in which literature reached its
highest perfection. Thus the reign of Queen Anne (1702-1714) is called
the Augustan age of English literature, because of the number of
literary men who flourished in England in that period, and the
excellence of their works.
Vergil was the greatest of the poets of ancient Rome, and with the
exception of Ho'mer, the greatest of the poets of antiquity. From a very
early period, almost from the age in which he lived, he was called the
Prince of Latin Poets. His full name was Pub'li-us Ver-gil'i-us Ma'ro.
He was born about seventy years before Christ, in the village of An'des
(now Pi-e'to-le), near the town of Man'tu-a in the north of Italy. His
father was the owner of a small estate, which he farmed himself.
Though of moderate means, he gave his son a good education. Young
Vergil spent his boyhood at school at Cre-mo'na and Milan. He
completed his studies at Naples, where he read the Greek and Latin
authors, and acquired a knowledge of mathematics, natural philosophy,
and medical science. He afterwards returned to Mantua, and resided
there for a few years, enjoying the quiet of country life at the family
homestead.

About this time the Emperor Augustus was engaged in a war against a
powerful party of his own countrymen, led by a famous Roman named
Bru'tus. In the year 42 B.C. he defeated Brutus in a great battle, which
put an end to the war. He afterwards rewarded many of his troops by
dividing among them lands in the neighborhood of Mantua, and in
other parts of Italy, dispossessing the owners for having sided with his
enemies. Though Vergil had taken no part in the struggle, his farm was
allotted to one of