A mighty epic ends as Aeneas plunges his sword into the wounded Turnus’s heart. Hear the final extract from the poem in Virgil’s Latin and follow in English here.
In a moment of the highest importance for the future of Rome, and the plot of the Aeneid, Juno finally relinquishes her enmity towards the Trojans which has seen the city fall and Aeneas harried over land and sea. Her consent is made easier by Jupiter’s agreement that the identity of the people who will become the Romans will remain Italian, and not be subsumed into the speech and customs of the Trojans.
Hear Virgil’s Latin and follow in English here.
The plan for a duel between Aeneas and Turnus has been foiled yet again – worse, Aeneas has been wounded by a stray arrow, and, as he leaves the field, Turnus goes on yet another rampage, breaking the oaths that King Latinus has sworn. Hear Virgil’s vivid Latin and follow in English here.
As the long-delayed duel between Aeneas and Turnus seems to be about to take place, Aeneas swears to comply with the result if he loses and to behave generously and justly if he wins. Hear Virgil’s Latin and follow in English here.
As the Aeneid slowly approaches its climax, a new combatant enters the strife between Aeneas’s Trojans and the Latins, led by Turnus. She is Camilla, a powerful huntress and warrior beloved of Diana, the Goddess of the chase: sadly, she is foredoomed to die in the battle. Today’s extract tells of the strange circumstances under which her father dedicated her to the Goddess as a baby. Hear Virgil’s Latin and follow in English here.
As the body of Prince Pallas is returned to his father, Aeneas performs the due rites for his soldiers who have fallen in the battle against Turnus and the Latins. Hear the story in Virgil’s original Latin and follow in John Dryden’s classic English translation here.
As Book 11 of the Aeneid begins, Aeneas makes preparations to bury the dead and mourn the fallen Prince Pallas, son of his ally, King Evander. Hear Virgil’s original Latin and follow in John Dryden’s classic English translation here.
