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What it's about
Aeneas escapes burning Troy with his father on his back and his son by the hand, loses his way and his wife, loves and leaves Dido at Carthage, visits the underworld and fights for a foothold in Italy that will become Rome. Dryden's rhymed couplets, in all twelve books, each opened by its prose argument.
Reading plan
Pick a finish date and Genius lays out the days — the plan shows today's target and keeps you honest.
Read together
Start a circle and share the code — everyone sees everyone's honest place in the book. Accountability, not leaderboards.
Who it's for
- Readers who have done Homer and want what Rome made of him - Anyone curious about the founding story of Rome - Lovers of English verse in the age of Dryden and Pope
