The Aeneid of Virgil

Transcriber's note: Numbers in brackets [ ] refer to line numbers in Virgil's Aeneid. These numbers appeared at the top of each page of text and have been retained for reference. Obvious typographical errors have been corrected. A complete list follows the text. THE AENEID OF VIRGIL Translated into English by J. W. MACKAIL, M.A. Fellow Of Balliol College, Oxford London MacMillan and Co. 1885 Printed by R. & R. CLARK, Edinburgh. PREFACE There is something grotesque in the idea of a prose translation of a poet, though the practice is become so common that it has ceased to provoke a smile or demand an apology. The language of poetry is language in fusion; that of prose is language fixed and cry…

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