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"Virgil's Aeneid" is an English translation of Virgil's Aeneid by John Dryden. Dryden's version is classical rendition of a timeless Roman myth. The language is readable for a contemporary audience; however, there are occasional phrases that may be considered archaic. The work was translated from classical Latin into English. Charles W. Eliot edited the current version, which was published in 1909. The work contains all twelve books. The Aeneid is about the journey of Aeneas, the epic hero who finds and builds the empire of Rome after the Trojan War.
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Source(s) a Crane, "Scaife, urn:cts:latinLit:phi0690.phi003.perseus-eng2. [Structured XML data] b Dryden, trans., Virgil's Aeneid, 75-428 launch. [Original source]
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| Data provider | Perseus Scaife Viewer |
| Record no. | urn:cts:latinLit:phi0690.phi003.perseus-eng2 Vergil, Aeneid. John Dryden. trans. |
| Retrieval date | Jul. 27, 2020 |
| Copyright | Perseus Digital Library @ Tufts |
Background
John Dryden was an English poet who lived under Charles II of England. His translation of Virgil's Aeneid is a widely used copy.
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MLA Modern Language Association (8th ed.)
OMNIKA Foundation Contributors. ""Virgil's Aeneid": English Translation by John Dryden." OMNIKA – World Mythology Index, OMNIKA Foundation, 09 Jun. 2019, omnika.org/stable/165. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.
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OMNIKA (2019, June 09). "Virgil's Aeneid": English Translation by John Dryden. Retrieved from https://omnika.org/stable/165
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Bibliography
Virgil. Virgil's Aeneid: Translated by John Dryden, With Introductions and Notes. Translated by John Dryden. Edited by Charles W. Eliot. Vol. 13, The Harvard Classics, Vol. XIII. New York, NY: P.F. Collier & Son, 1909.
