The Aeneid for Boys and Girls

Is a retelling of

Original title

The Æneid for Boys and Girls

Original publication date

1908 (original) (original); 2006 (Yesterday's Classics) (Yesterday's Classics)

People/Characters

Aeneas (as Æneas); Juno (Roman goddess); Venus (Roman goddess, mother of Aeneas); Anchises (father of Aeneas); Ascanius (son of Aeneas); Dido (queen of Carthage) (show all 14); Acestes (king of Sicily); Latinus (king of the Latins); Turnus (king of the Rutuli); Evander (king of Arcadia); Pallas (son of Evander); Mezentius (Etruscan king); Camilla (Amazon queen); Lavinia (daughter of Latinus)

Important places

Troy; Mediterranean Sea; Carthage; Sicily, Italy; Rome, Italy

Dedication

To my granddaughters Elsie and Margaret in the Chilcotin

First words

The Greeks besieged the city of Troy for nearly ten years.

Last words

(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)And he drove his spear into his breast. So the spirit of Turnus passed into the darkness. [Chapter XXII]

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(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)But this is a matter of which you will hear more when you are older. [Afterwards]

Original language

English