by Virgil
Ultima Cumaei venit iam carminis aetas
Virgil predicts a momentous birth
Eclogue 4, lines 1-17
All Poems
Appendix Vergiliana, "Copa Syrisca"
The Syrian hostess
Aeneid Book 1, lines 1-7
The Aeneid begins
Aeneid Book 1, lines 441-65
The Trojans reach Carthage
Aeneid Book 2, lines 1-13
Aeneas prepares to tell Dido his story
Aeneid Book 2, lines 40-49
Laocoon warns against the Trojan horse
Aeneid Book 2, lines 199-227
Laocoon and the snakes
Aeneid Book 2, lines 234 - 245
The Trojan Horse enters the city
Aeneid Book 2, lines 286-313