Virgil's Aeneid

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Latin literature classical epic epic poem

Virgil's Aeneid is a Latin epic poem that narrates the legendary journey of Aeneas from the ruins of Troy to Italy, laying a mythic foundation for the origins of Rome.

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All labels observed (31)

Label Occurrences
Aeneid 33
Virgil's Aeneid canonical 14
Virgil’s Aeneid 4

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Latin literature ⓘ
classical epic ⓘ
epic poem ⓘ
approximateDateOfComposition 1st century BCE ⓘ
associatedWith Roman imperial ideology ⓘ
author Virgil ⓘ
centralTheme duty versus passion ⓘ
fate and destiny ⓘ
foundation of Rome ⓘ
pietas ⓘ
commissionedBy Augustus ⓘ
containsEpisode Aeneas's journey to the underworld ⓘ
Trojan War ⓘ
surface form: fall of Troy

love affair of Aeneas and Dido ⓘ
war in Latium ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Roman Antiquity ⓘ
surface form: Ancient Rome
featuresCharacter Anchises ⓘ
Ascanius ⓘ
Dido ⓘ
Turnus ⓘ
featuresDeity Juno ⓘ
Jupiter ⓘ
Neptune ⓘ
Venus ⓘ
genre epic poetry ⓘ
influenced Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy ⓘ
surface form: Dante's Divine Comedy

Renaissance epic poetry ⓘ
medieval Latin literature ⓘ
influencedBy Homer's Iliad ⓘ
Homer's Odyssey ⓘ
literaryPeriod Augustan age ⓘ
literaryTradition Roman national epic ⓘ
mainCharacter Aeneas ⓘ
narrativeForm dactylic hexameter ⓘ
numberOfBooks 12 ⓘ
openingWords Arma virumque cano ⓘ
originalLanguage Latin ⓘ
preservedIn manuscript tradition ⓘ
purpose to provide a mythic origin for Rome ⓘ
setting Carthage ⓘ
Italy ⓘ
Troy ⓘ
status canonical work of Western literature ⓘ
structure first half modeled on the Odyssey ⓘ
second half modeled on the Iliad ⓘ
studiedIn Latin curricula ⓘ
classical studies ⓘ

Referenced by (84)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Homer's Odyssey → influenced → Virgil's Aeneid ⓘ
Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy → influencedBy → Virgil's Aeneid ⓘ
subject surface form: Divine Comedy
Elysium → mentionedIn → Virgil's Aeneid ⓘ
John Baskerville → notableWork → Virgil's Aeneid ⓘ
this entity surface form: edition of Virgil (1757)
La Henriade → influencedBy → Virgil's Aeneid ⓘ
Virgil → notableWork → Virgil's Aeneid ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aeneid
Virgil → subjectOf → Virgil's Aeneid ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aeneid commentaries
Argonautica → influenced → Virgil's Aeneid ⓘ
Cumae → mentionedInWork → Virgil's Aeneid ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aeneid
Dardanus → mentionedIn → Virgil's Aeneid ⓘ
The House of Fame → influencedByWork → Virgil's Aeneid ⓘ
Dido Building Carthage → basedOn → Virgil's Aeneid ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aeneid
Greco-Roman mythology → hasMythCycle → Virgil's Aeneid ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Aeneid
Cacus → describedIn → Virgil's Aeneid ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aeneid
Trojan War → relatedWork → Virgil's Aeneid ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aeneid
Laestrygonians → laterReferencedIn → Virgil's Aeneid ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aeneid
Priam → portrayedIn → Virgil's Aeneid ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aeneid
Trojan Women (Euripides) → relatedWork → Virgil's Aeneid ⓘ
subject surface form: Trojan Women
this entity surface form: The Aeneid
Underworld → mythologicalText → Virgil's Aeneid ⓘ
Cerberus → mentionedIn → Virgil's Aeneid ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aeneid by Virgil
River Styx → mentionedInWork → Virgil's Aeneid ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Aeneid
Charon → mentionedIn → Virgil's Aeneid ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aeneid
Latinus → literaryWork → Virgil's Aeneid ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aeneid
Latinus → appearsIn → Virgil's Aeneid ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aeneid Book 7
Latinus → appearsIn → Virgil's Aeneid ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aeneid Book 11
Faunus → mentionedIn → Virgil's Aeneid ⓘ
River Phlegethon → mentionedIn → Virgil's Aeneid ⓘ
this entity surface form: Virgil's "Aeneid"
Aeneas → notableWork → Virgil's Aeneid ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aeneid
Augustan age → hasMainWork → Virgil's Aeneid ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aeneid
Dido → relatedWork → Virgil's Aeneid ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aeneid
Dido → appearsIn → Virgil's Aeneid ⓘ
this entity surface form: Virgil's Aeneid Book 1
Dido → appearsIn → Virgil's Aeneid ⓘ
this entity surface form: Virgil's Aeneid Book 4
war in Latium → partOf → Virgil's Aeneid ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aeneid
war in Latium → appearsInBook → Virgil's Aeneid ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aeneid Book 7
war in Latium → appearsInBook → Virgil's Aeneid ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aeneid Book 8
war in Latium → appearsInBook → Virgil's Aeneid ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aeneid Book 9
war in Latium → appearsInBook → Virgil's Aeneid ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aeneid Book 10
war in Latium → appearsInBook → Virgil's Aeneid ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aeneid Book 11
war in Latium → appearsInBook → Virgil's Aeneid ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aeneid Book 12
Troy → featuredInWork → Virgil's Aeneid ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aeneid
Turnus → appearsIn → Virgil's Aeneid ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aeneid
Turnus → appearsInBook → Virgil's Aeneid ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aeneid Book VII
Turnus → appearsInBook → Virgil's Aeneid ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aeneid Book VIII
Turnus → appearsInBook → Virgil's Aeneid ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aeneid Book IX
Turnus → appearsInBook → Virgil's Aeneid ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aeneid Book X
Turnus → appearsInBook → Virgil's Aeneid ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aeneid Book XI
Turnus → appearsInBook → Virgil's Aeneid ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aeneid Book XII
Anchises → appearsIn → Virgil's Aeneid ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aeneid
Scylla → appearsIn → Virgil's Aeneid ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aeneid
Ascanius → appearsInWork → Virgil's Aeneid ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aeneid