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Aeneid

Aeneis

textual humanities text poem core Lifetime Path planned

Creators

  • Virgil, author

Canon Rationale

A foundational Roman epic, included for empire, exile, piety, Augustan ideology, Roman foundation myth, Homeric reception, and the Latin epic tradition.

Path

Lifetime path, phase 1, rank 70.

Evidence

  • handbook: Encyclopaedia Britannica, 'Aeneid'.
  • syllabus: OpenLearn / The Open University, 'Introducing Virgil's Aeneid'.

Audit Flags

translation dependency, version dependency

Completion unit: read the full epic in a chosen translation or original Latin edition, with translation choice and Augustan/Roman historical context tracked.

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