what is aenid and its history?

Answer 1

The Aeneid (IPA English pronunciation: [ə'niːɪd]; in Latin Aeneis, pronounced [aɪ'neɪ.ɪs] — the title is Greek in form: genitive case Aeneidos): is a Latin epic written by Virgil in the 1st century BC (between 29 and 19 BC) that tells the legendary story of Aeneas, a Trojan who traveled to Italy where he became the ancestor of the Romans. It is written in dactylic hexameter. It is split into 12 books, books 1-6 imitating Homer's Odyssey and 7-12 the Iliad.


The hero Aeneas was already a subject of Roman legend and myth; Virgil took the disconnected tales of Aeneas' wanderings, his vague association with the foundation of Rome and a personage of no fixed characteristics other than a scrupulous piety, and fashioned this into a compelling nationalist epic that at once tied Rome to the legends of Troy, glorified traditional Roman virtues and legitimated the Julio-Claudian dynasty as descendants of the founders, heroes and gods of Rome and Troy.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeneid

Answer 2

The Aeneid was written by a Roman Scolar named Virgil. This book is a continuation of the Iliad and the Odyssey written by Homer in Greece several centuries earlier.

Against the back drop of the War of Troy, Virgil describes how Aeneus, a Trojan, makes his way to Italy and starts a new civilization that eventually leads to the founding of Rome. The journey was made with considerable difficulty and took years to complete.

Answer 3

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Beginning of a legend
The Aenied truly begins with the blood line of Aeneas, and as the story line goes Atlas, one of the gods defeated by Zeus in his bid for power, had a daughter named Electra who had an affair with Zeus. This love produced two sons, one named Dardanus and the other named Iasius. From there the story goes to Dardanus who traveled from a land west of Greece, present day Italy, and founded the city of Darania in Asia Minor. Once there he married the daughter of a near by king, Teucer, and had a child, Erichthonius. Erichthonius in turn had a child, Tros (Troy), who had three sons of his own, Ganymede, Assaracus, and Ilus (Ilium). Assaracus had a child, Capys, who in turn had a child named Anchises. Ilus meanwhile had a child named Laomedon, who in turn had a child of his own named Priam. Thus Anchises and Priam were second cousins, and that means that their children were third cousins. These two third cousins, Aeneas and Hector, would play out roles in the Iliad of great significance. Hector would face Achilles out side the walls of Troy (Ilium) and die in his effort. Aeneas also faced Achilles, but a different fate befell Aeneas.

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