Aeneid   Virgil
Virgil’s epic poem about the mythic founding of the roman empire by Trojan survivors of the Trojan war. Very beautiful poetry, so I can understand why Dante had Virgil guide him through hell, but all the detailed battle descriptions and heroic bombast got really tedious. Not as great as Homer,, who it imitates, but still a great work of human literature. Fagles’ translation is superb.