The Aeneid

The Aeneid is Virgils masterpiece.His epic poem recounts the story of Rome's legendary origins from the ashes of troy and proclaims her destiny of world dominion.This optimistic vision is accompanied by an undertow of sadness at the price that must be paid in human suffering to secure Rome's future Greatness. The tension between the public voice of celebration and the tragic private given full expression both in the fatefull clash between the trojan leader and he İtalian hero Turnus.
Hailed by ,T:S Eliot as the classic of all Europe Virgils Aeneid has enjoyed a unigue and endured influens on European litareture art and politic for the past two thousand years.