Virgil's Aeneid consists of a total of 12 books, but translator Kim Nam-woo translated them by grouping them into sets of four. Part 1 was published in 2013, and I am reading the Aeneid published by Open Books, which was translated and released this year with Part 2. There is a reason why Open Books' Aeneid is special. The original text, written in Latin, is an epic poem composed of six-part meter. To reflect this, the translator has translated the text to 18 characters or fewer, and proper

The Aeneid tells the story of Aeneas, the hero of Troy, who, after receiving an oracle to found a new nation, endures various hardships before establishing the foundations of Rome. Meaning "The Song of Aeneas," it is Virgil's masterpiece and final work, on which he is said to have dedicated 11 years until his death. Although it is regarded to this day as the greatest literary work written in Latin, it remained unfinished because Virgil passed away from a fever while traveling to complete it.

"Now, Father! Then please sit on my shoulders. Since I will serve you personally, would you consider me a burden? Whatever comes our way, we will become one body; we will be together in life and death. I will have young Iulus stay close to my side, and have my wife follow behind." p.106 Father Anchisa did not wish to survive and become an exile in the face of Troy's fall. He urged Aenead's family to flee, showing a determination to resist to the very end and face death. Although Aenead, his

The most captivating scene in the first half of *Aeneis 1* is likely the section on the fall of Troy in Book 2. Aeneas explains the final moments of Troy before Queen Dido. Particularly impressive seems to be the account of the demise of Priam, King of Troy and father of Hector. According to *The Iliad*, after brutally killing Hector in battle, Achilles carried the body back to his camp. However, upon seeing Priam, who risked his life to come and beg for his son's body back, Achilles wept,

Now I have reached Dido of Phoenicia and have welcomed you with kind words, but I fear how Juno’s hospitality might change. The goddess does not rest at the crossroads of hardship. Therefore, before the Queen changes her mind according to Juno’s will, I must capture her with the cunning schemes of the blazing fire. I must bind the swing with the great love of Aeneas. p.53 Queen Dido, pitying the hardships of her son Aeneas, accepted him and his party into her kingdom and ordered sacrifices to

Do not worry, Kyterre; the destiny of your descendants remains the same, and you will see the promised city and the walls of Lavinium. You will set the valiant Aenead high in the constellations of the heavens. p.27 The goddess Juno instructed Ayol to cause a storm of all kinds of winds to arise at once, scattering Aenead's fleet across the sea. The Trojans were crushed by waves and torrential rain, losing their lives or facing imminent danger. At that moment, Neptune, the god of the sea,

I have finished reading *Aeneis 1*, a book supported by the Naver Reading Cafe *Reading Today*. Before reading *Aeneis*, I looked into Virgil. He was Rome's greatest poet, born in Mantua, Northern Italy. He received his education in Cremona and Milan, and at the age of 16, he moved to Rome to study Epicurean philosophy and rhetoric. His life coincided with the period of Roman unification and prosperity under Emperor Augustus; he was discovered by Maecenas, a renowned patron of the arts, which

That child to you in Troy? Does he still cry like a baby, startled by the absence of his mother? Page 141 (Line 340). Line 340 is the only unfinished line. Therefore, its meaning remains unclear. Meanwhile, unlike Aeneas, who returned for his family, his father is abandoning them and preparing to return to the battlefield... What will become of their fate? On the other hand, although Dido accepted Aeneas as her husband and rumors circulated that he had succumbed to lust, squandered his wealth,

Rising vortices lifted us into the sky, then descended again, slamming us down to the very bottom of the underworld. Three times the cliffs roared through the empty crevices, and three times we saw foam and dew-covered stars. Page 156. When will this endless voyage finally come to an end? The ceaseless waves and the procession of death... where it would not be strange to witness death at any moment... The ship, now pushed ashore on the Cyclops Coast... has lost its course. The harbor was quiet