STORIES FROM VIRGIL BY THE REV. ALFRED J. CHURCH, M.A. _Head Master of King Edward's School, Retford_; AUTHOR OF "STORIES FROM HOMER." WITH TWENTY-FOUR ILLUSTRATIONS FROM PINELLI'S DESIGNS _FIFTH THOUSAND._ SEELEY, JACKSON, & HALLIDAY, FLEET STREET LONDON. MDCCCLXXIX. (_All Rights Reserved._) UNWIN BROTHERS, THE GRESHAM PRESS, CHILWORTH AND LONDON. [Illustration: THE FLIGHT FROM TROY.] CONTENTS. CHAP. PAGE I. THE HORSE OF WOOD 1 II. THE SACK OF TROY 10 III. ÆNEAS AND ANCHISES 20 IV. POLYDORUS--DELOS--CRETE--THE HARPIES 29 V. KING HELENUS--THE CYCLOPS 39 VI. THE SHIPWRECK 52 VII. CARTHAGE 58 VIII. DIDO 68 IX. THE LOVE AND DEATH OF DIDO 78 X. THE FUNERAL GAMES OF ANCHISES 96 XI. THE FUNERAL GAMES (CONTINUED) 107 XII. THE BURNING OF THE SHIPS--THE VOYAGE TO ITALY 115 XIII. THE SIBYL 124 XIV. THE DWELLINGS OF THE DEAD 132 XV. KING LATINUS 149 XVI. THE WRATH OF JUNO 159 XVII. THE GATHERING OF THE CHIEFS 167 XVIII. KING EVANDER 173 XIX. THE ARMS OF ÆNEAS 181 XX. NISUS AND EURYALUS 190 XXI. THE BATTLE AT THE CAMP 202 XXII. THE BATTLE ON THE SHORE 210 XXIII. THE COUNCIL 226 XXIV. THE BATTLE AT THE CITY 235 XXV. THE BROKEN TREATY 245 XXVI. THE DEATH OF TURNUS 253 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. THE FLIGHT FROM TROY _Frontispiece_ LAOCOÖN 8 ÆNEAS AND HELEN 20 ÆNEAS AND THE SHADE OF CREÜSA 26 THE HARPIES 36 JUNO AND ÆOLUS 54 NEPTUNE STILLING THE WAVES 56 DIDO AND THE FALSE ASCANIUS 76