Aeneid

American  

[ih-nee-id] / ɪˈni ɪd /

noun

1. a Latin epic poem by Vergil, recounting the adventures of Aeneas after the fall of Troy.

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Aeneid British  

/ ɪˈniːɪd /

noun

1. an epic poem in Latin by Virgil relating the experiences of Aeneas after the fall of Troy, written chiefly to provide an illustrious historical background for Rome

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Aeneid Cultural  

1. An epic in Latin by Virgil. The Aeneid begins with the adventures of Aeneas and his men after the Trojan War (see also Trojan War) and ends when Aeneas gains control of the Italian peninsula, which will eventually become the base of the Roman Empire.

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Example Sentences

He's not kidding about "The Aeneid": After our conversation, he sent me the "character key" for the Danny Ryan novels, which runs to three pages.

From Salon • Apr. 6, 2024

The inscription - a quote in Latin from Virgil's Aeneid - translated, read: "Perhaps one day it will be good to remember these things," and was signed "Robert".

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2023

Crawford quotes from Virgil’s Aeneid, in which Rome is designated by the god Jupiter himself as “an empire without limit” in either “space or time.”

From Slate • Jan. 17, 2023

Moments include walking into the illustrated poem of the Aeneid, as a nun talks to Andreas about its male-centric themes, or learning the story of Wicked Guerin while in a book’s illustration.

From Washington Times • Nov. 26, 2022

In between, he was in the library, surrounded by his father’s and Mrs. Cobb’s books, sitting at the study table in the morning to translate the Georgies—which he thought had nothing on the Aeneid.

From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt