Whittier’s Snow Bound and Other Early Poems. Wister’s The Virginian. Woolman’s Journal. Wordsworth’s Shorter Poems. * Cannot be sold in British Dominions. [Illustration] THE MACMILLAN COMPANY NEW YORK · BOSTON · CHICAGO · DALLAS ATLANTA · SAN FRANCISCO MACMILLAN & CO., LIMITED LONDON · BOMBAY · CALCUTTA MELBOURNE THE MACMILLAN CO. OF CANADA, LTD. TORONTO [Illustration: WILLIAMS ENGRAVING CO., N.Y.] THE ÆNEID OF VIRGIL TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH PROSE BY JOHN CONINGTON, M.A. LATE CORPUS PROFESSOR OF LATIN IN THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD EDITED, WITH INTRODUCTION AND NOTES BY EDGAR S. SHUMWAY, PH.D. EDITOR “LATINE” NEW YORK THE MACMILLAN COMPANY 1917 _All rights reserved_ COPYRIGHT, 1910, BY THE MACMILLAN COMPANY. Set up and electrotyped. Published February, 1910. Reprinted June, 1914; September, 1917. Norwood Press J. S. Cushing Co.—Berwick & Smith Co. Norwood, Mass., U.S.A. CONTENTS PAGE INTRODUCTION The Æneid ix Virgil’s Life x Influence of the Æneid xiii The Epic Itself xvii The Story xix Sources xxi The Translation xxi Chronological Table xxv Verse Translations Recommended xxvi Books for Reference xxvii Subjects for Investigation xxvii THE ÆNEID Book I. 1 II. 26 III. 51 IV. 74 V. 96 VI. 122 VII. 150 VIII. 176 IX. 198 X. 222 XI. 250 XII. 277 NOTES 305 INDEX TO NOTES 345 INTRODUCTION THE ÆNEID