+
Study Guide
Spark Notes

The Aeneid by Virgil: Study Guide - Mini Essays

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
In this online interactive literature worksheet, students respond to 10 short answer and essay questions about Virgil's The Aeneid. Students may check some of their answers online.
+
Primary
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: Author: Virgil

For Students 9th - 10th
This site focuses on Virgil and his epic poem The Aeneid including links to the full text of the poem and a short biography of Virgil.
+
Unit Plan
Other

Abney Website: Ap Vergil's Aeneid

For Students 9th - 10th
This comprehensive teacher-created resource provides many resources for teaching the "Aeneid." Lots of help on vocabulary, scansion tests, and figures of speech. Activities for every book.
+
eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: Aeneid by Virgil

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the full text of the Latin epic poem Aeneid by Virgil that tells the legendary story of Aeneas, a Trojan who traveled to Italy, where he became the ancestor of the Romans.
+
eBook
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Internet Classics Archive: Virgil

For Students 9th - 10th
This site gives access to texts by Virgil in English. The translations given are NOT exact, but are poetic interpretations of the original Latin.
+
eBook
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Internet Classics Archive: The Aeneid by Virgil

For Students 9th - 10th
The English, e-text of Virgil's "Aeneid" can be found on this page, translated by John Dryden and written in rhyming couplets. It is divided into 12 books with links to each book.
+
Website
Other

The Augustan Period, Vergil, and the Aeneid

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Explores the relationship between the Augustan period of Roman literature, its most famous poet, and his greatest work. Provides good background to the life of Vergil and the genre of epic poetry.
+
Handout
Able Media

Reading Vergil's "Aeneid"

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Comprehensive site delves into the reading and study of Vergil's master work, "The Aeneid". Begins with discussions about the genre of epic and the historical events that influenced Vergil's work. Finally, the author gives a multitude of...
+
Handout
BBC

Bbc History: Historic Figures: Virgil (70 19 Bc)

For Students 9th - 10th
Biography of Roman poet Virgil, with information on important works including his most famous work entitled the Aeneid. Archived.
+
Website
Middlebury College

Middlebury College: Vergil Aeneid Iv, Notes

For Students 9th - 10th
Middlebury College provides excerpts from late 19th-century study guides created for students to read the Latin text of Vergil's "Aeneid."
+
Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Why Should You Read Virgil's "Aeneid?"

For Students 9th - 10th
In 19 BC, the Roman poet Virgil suffered heatstroke and died on his journey back to Italy. On his deathbed, unsatisfied with the final edit of his poem, "Aeneid," he asked his friends to burn it. But they refused, and soon after Virgil's...
+
Website
Authors Calendar

Author's Calendar: Books and Writers: Virgil Biography and Quotes

For Students 9th - 10th
A detailed biography of the ancient Roman writer Virgil complemented by selected quotes from his works. Also provides a bibliography.
+
eBook
Other

The Works of Publius Vergilus Maro in Latin

For Students 9th - 10th
The Aeneid, The Eclogues, and The Georgics in their complete Latin glory. No notes, no glossary, just straight Latin. Great for cutting and pasting for your own reading and translating!
+
Unknown Type
Shmoop University

Shmoop: The Aeneid

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
An excellent site that looks in detail at the plot and characters in The Aeneid. Included are a list of quotations and study questions.