Look inside ...    The Aeneid for Boys and Girls by Alfred J. Church Relates in vigorous prose the tale of Aeneas, the legendary ancestor of Romulus, who escaped from the burning city of Troy and wandered the Mediterranean for years before settling in Italy. Patterned after the Iliad and the Odyssey, the Aeneid was composed as an epic poem by Virgil, to glorify the imperial city of Rome.  Ages 8-12 162 pages $11.95

Table of Contents

Front Matter

The Horse of Wood
The Sack of Troy
Aeneas and Anchises
Of the Voyage of Aeneas
The Voyage of Aeneas (continued)
The Shipwreck
Carthage
Dido
The Funeral Games of Anchises
The Burning of the Ships—The Coming to Italy
In Italy
The Plots of Juno
The Gathering of the Chiefs
King Evander
The Arms of Aeneas
Nisus and Euryalus
The Battle at the Camp
The Battle on the Shore
The Council
The Deeds and Death of Camilla
The Broken Treaty
The Death of Turnus
Afterwards