Jerard White
Magister Linguae Latinae
last updated
Friday, July 6, 2007
 
Publius Vergilius Maro
 
 
Latin Texts
Resources for Students, Teachers, and Readers of Vergil from the University of Pennsylvania.
P. Vergilius Maro, Aeneid (ed. J. B. Greenough)
The Latin Library - Vergil
Vergilius at Corpus Scriptorum Latinorum
Aeneid lines 1-100 - written in three formats to test your Latin skill, 1 modern, 1 all caps with spaces, and 1 all caps no spaces
 
Vergil Texts (PDF)
Aeneid (AP selection)
Book I.1-519 [22]
I.1-18 I.19-33 I.34-54 I.55-75
I.76-101 I.102-123 I.124-156 I.157-179
I.180-207 I.208-226 I.227-253 I.254-274
I.275-296 I.297-324 I.325-342 I.343-368
I.369-392 I.393-417 I.418-440 I.441-465
I.466-493 I.494-519    
Book II.1-56 (575 lines total) [24]
II.1-25 II.26-56    
Book II.199-297 (99 lines; 674 lines total) [28]
II.199-224 II.225-249* II.250-276 II.277-297
Book II.469-566 (98 lines; 772 lines total) [32]
II.469-495 II.496-525 II.526-558 II.559-566
Book II.735-804 (70 lines; 842 lines total) [35]
II.735-759 II.760-791* II.792-804  
Book IV.1-449 (1291 lines total) [53]
IV.1-30* IV.31-53* IV.54-85 IV.86-104
IV.105-128 IV.129-155 IV.156-183 IV.184-210*
IV.211-237 IV.238-264 IV.265-286 IV.287-313
IV.314-339 IV.340-361* IV.362-387 IV.388-415*
IV.416-436 IV.437-449    
Book IV.642-705 (64 lines; 1355 lines total) [55]
IV.642-671 IV.672-705    
Book VI.1-211 (1566 lines total) [63]
VI.1-31 VI.32-55 VI.56-80 VI.81-101
VI.102-123 VI.124-155 VI.156-182 VI.183-211
Book VI.450-476 (27 lines; 1593 lines total) [64]
VI.450-476    
Book VI.847-901 (55 lines; 1648 lines total) [66]
VI.847-871 VI.872-901    
Book X.420-509 (90 lines; 1738 lines total) [70]
X.420-443 X.444-465 X.466-489 X.490-509
Book XII.791-842 (52 lines; 1790 lines total) [72]
XII.791-817 XII.818-842    
Book XII.887-952 (66 lines; 1856 lines total) [74]
XII.887-918 XII.919-952    
English Translations
P. Vergilius Maro, Aeneid (ed. Theodore C. Williams)
P. Vergilius Maro, Aeneid (ed. John Dryden)
Vita Virgilii, ab Aelio Donato, in English
Vergil's Aeneid at MIT
Downloadable Vergil Texts
Aeneid Book II with notes by Andrew Wilson
Aeneid Book VI with notes by Andrew Wilson
Commentaries
John Conington, Commentary on Vergil's Aeneid, Volume 1
John Conington, Commentary on Vergil's Aeneid, Volume 2
Maurus Servius Honoratus, Commentary on the Aeneid of Vergil
Plot synopsis of the Aeneid
Suetonius' Life of Vergil
 
Bibliography Links
Vergil's Bibliography from the Hellenistic Bibliography
A Bibliographic Guide to Vergil's Aeneid by Shirley Werner -- all I can say is "Wow!"
Vergil: Some Links to Online Resources from Jim O'Hara, UNC-Chapel Hill Classics Department
A Vergil web bibliography from Lateinforum, made with typical German thoroughness
Vergilian Bibliography Online from the University of Pennsylvania
 
Miscellaneous Links
Mr. A's Vergil Page - be sure to check out the exercises with flashcards and matching activities
Index of Images From Vergil MSS Vat. lat. 3225 and 3867
Vergil Study Guide at Brooklyn College by Roger Dunkle
Outline of Vergil's Aeneid
Study Questions on the Aeneid
Study Questions on the Aeneid
Study Guide for Vergil's Aeneid by Robin Mitchell-Boyask, Temple University, with sections adapted from Jim O'Hara, Wesleyan University
Poetic word order
AP:Vergil - collegeboard.com
Virgil.org -- Vergil resources
Dr. Melissa Bishop's AP Vergil Page at the Boston Latin School. A large work with numerous vocabulary and other resources.
The Vergilian Society
Aeneid Resources from the Classics Technology Center
Magistra Frounfelter's Vergil Vocabulary
Flashcards for Figures of Speech in Catullus
Vergil's Garden - an illustrated guide to the plants in the Georgics
 
Vergil Worksheets (PDF)
Scansion of Dactylic Hexameter in Book I.365-368
Chronology of Vergil's Life
Date BC Vergil's Life Contemporary Events
70, Oct. 5 Vergil born near Mantua Pompey and Crassus, consuls
63 Vergil living in Cremona Cicero consul; Cataline's conspiracy. Birth of C. Octavius (later Augustus)
60 Vergil studying in Cremona Formation of the 'first triumvirate: Caesar, Pompey and Crassus.
59   Caesar consul
58   Caesar begins Gallic campaigns
55   Pompey and Crassus are consuls again
54 Vergil completes school in Cremona; goes to Milan. Crassus sets out for Parthia
53 Vergil goes to Rome for legal training. Crassus killed at Carrhae in Parthia' loses legionary standards.
52-50 Vergil gradually rejects other vocations, devotes self exclusively to poetry. Tension between Pompey and Caesar moves Rome to brink of civil war.
49 Vergil probably living in Cumae in Epicurean society, writing Caesar crosses the Rubicon, rapidly drives Pompey out of Italy
44   Caesar assassinated; by his will C. Octavius adopted (hence Octavian)
42   Philippi: Brutus and Cassius, the assassins, defeated by M. Antonius and Octavian
41 Vergil begins Eclogues: I and IX deal with farmers facing confiscation. Octavian confiscates much of the land around Cremona for his veterans.
39-38 Eclogues completed; Georgics started M. Antonius marries Octavia, Octavian's sister
31 Georgics completed; Aeneid started Octavian and Agrippa defeat Antonius and Cleopatra at Actium.
27   Octavian assumes the name Augustus. First 'constitutional settlement'
23 Reference to Marcellus, Octavia's son, in 6. 860 ff. Marcellus, Augustus' nephew, dies.
19 Having completed most of the Aeneid, Vergil sets sail for Greece to devote three years to revision. But Augustus persuades him to return to Italy. Ill on his return trip, Vergil dies after landing at Brindisi, Sept. 21. Augustus travels in East to secure empire, esp. against the Parthians. On the death of Vergil, publication of the Aeneid entrusted to Vergil's friends, talented poets named Varius and Tucca.
17 Aeneid probably published as part of Augustus' celebrations Secular games are held; Horace, friend of Vergil, commissioned to write the Carmen Saeculare