Virgil — The Aeneid
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What this is
Rome's national epic — the Trojan prince Aeneas flees the fall of Troy, descends to the underworld, and founds the line that will become Rome. Virgil's deliberate Latin answer to Homer.
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What to read alongside it, and why.
Homer — The Iliad
Greek
The Trojan War the Aeneid grows out of.
Homer — The Odyssey
Greek
Homer's journey-home epic Virgil consciously rewrites for Rome.