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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[L.

Aeneis

Aeneidis

, or

-dos

: cf. F.

Énéide

The great epic poem of Virgil, of which the hero is Æneas.

See also: Æneid

Aeneid ‎(plural Aeneids)

A classic epic poem, written in Latin by Virgil in the 1st century BC (between 29 and 19 BC), that tells the legendary story of Aeneas fleeing Troy and settling in Italy as ancestor of the Romans.

Classic epic poem that tells the story of Aeneas fleeing Troy and settling in Italy.