# The Aeneid

by [Virgil](https://localbooks.app/authors/virgil)

- Genres: [Poesia narrativa](https://localbooks.app/genres/poetry/narrative-poetry), [Mondo antico](https://localbooks.app/genres/historical-fiction/ancient-world)
- Set in: [Turchia](https://localbooks.app/places/tr); [Carthage, governatorato di Tunisi, Tunisia](https://localbooks.app/places/tn/tunis-governorate/carthage); [Roma, Lazio, Italia](https://localbooks.app/places/it/lazio/rome)
- Audience: Adult

## Description

Escaping burning Troy with his father on his back, Aeneas leads the survivors across the Mediterranean toward a promised home in Italy. A storm drives him to Carthage and into the arms of Queen Dido, but fate will not let him stay.

## Where to buy

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