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Aeneid

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Virgil Biography

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Virgil's Education
Virgil's Early Works
Writing the Aeneid
Preserving the Aeneid through the Centuries

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Book V
Book VI
Book VII
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Aeneas
Dido
Turnus

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Literary Predecessors of the Aeneid
The Aeneid as a National Epic

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profaned desecrated, debased, or defiled.

abeam at right angles to a ship's length or keel.

northing Naut. the distance due north covered by a vessel traveling on any northerly course.

interred put into a grave or tomb; buried.

propitious that favors or furthers; advantageous.

affrighted [Archaic] frightened; terrified.

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