LC control no. | n 81013510 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Virgil. Aeneis |
Variant(s) | Virgil. Aeneid Virgil. Eneida Virgil. Enéide Virgil. Αινειάδα Virgil. Aineiada Virgil. Αινειάς Virgil. Aineias Virgil. Aeneidis Virgil. Aeneidos |
Form of work | Epic poem Dactylic hexameter Epic poetry Hexameter |
Beginning date | -0024 -0028 -0029~ |
Ending date | -0018 -0018 -0018 |
Special note | Non-Latin script references not evaluated. |
Found in | Block, E. The effects of divine manifestation ... 1981, c1977 (subj.) t.p. (Vergil's Aeneid) Harper's Dict. of class. lit. (Aeneid) Oxford class dict. (Aeneid) Encyc. Brit. (Aeneid) Goff. Third census. (Aeneis) Thomas, J. Structures de l'imaginaire dans l'Enéide, 1981. His Eneida, libro II, 1962. Brill's new Pauly online, 11 April 2011 (Aeneid; Vergil began working on the poem as early as 25 BC; unfinished at the time of his death) Wikipedia, August 18, 2014 (The Aeneid (Latin: Aeneis) is a Latin epic poem, written by Virgil between 29 and 19 BC, that tells the legendary story of Aeneas, a Trojan who travelled to Italy, where he became the ancestor of the Romans. It is composed of 9,896 lines in dactylic hexameter. The Aeneid can be divided into two halves based on the disparate subject matter of Books 1-6 (Aeneas's journey to Latium in Italy) and Books 7-12 (the war in Latium).) Greek page (Αινειάδα = Aineiada; Αινειάς = Aineias) Latin page (Aeneis; Aeneidis or Aeneidos) Britannica online, August 18, 2014 (Aeneid, Latin epic poem written from about 30 to 19 bce by the Roman poet Virgil. Composed in hexameters, about 60 lines of which were left unfinished at his death, the Aeneid incorporates the various legends of Aeneas and makes him the founder of Roman greatness. The work is organized into 12 books that relate the story of the legendary founding of Lavinium (parent town of Alba Longa and of Rome).) Collins English dictionary, ©2003, via TheFreeDictionary.com, August 18, 2014 (Aeneid 1. (Poetry) 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) Random House Kernerman Webster's college dictionary, ©2010, via TheFreeDictionary.com, August 18, 2014 (Aeneid: a Latin epic poem by Virgil, recounting the adventures of Aeneas after the fall of Troy.) Haeckermann, Adolf. Commentatio in Aeneidis librum alterum, 1863. Niemeyer, Godfrey Ernst. De locis quibusdam Aeneidis, 1872. Virgil. Aeneidos. Liber quintus, 1960. Virgil. Aeneidos. Liber secundus, 1964. |