{"id":4822,"date":"2019-09-05T18:31:23","date_gmt":"2019-09-05T18:31:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/old.yesterdaysclassics.com\/books\/?page_id=4822"},"modified":"2025-03-23T17:26:30","modified_gmt":"2025-03-23T17:26:30","slug":"the-aeneid-for-boys-and-girls-by-alfred-j-church","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/old.yesterdaysclassics.com\/books\/the-aeneid-for-boys-and-girls-by-alfred-j-church\/","title":{"rendered":"The Aeneid for Boys and Girls"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>The Aeneid for Boys and Girls<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">by Alfred J. Church<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"width: 100%;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"675\" title=\"church_aeneid_cover\" data-id=\"2995\" src=\"\/\/yesterdaysclassics.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/church_aeneid_cover.jpg\" style=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/old.yesterdaysclassics.com\/previews\/church_aeneid_preview.pdf\" style=\"outline: none;\" target=\"_blank\">Look inside&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span>Description:&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><span><span><span style=\"color: var(--tcb-color-0); font-size: 16px;\">Relates in vigorous prose the tale of Aeneas, the legendary ancestor of Romulus, who escaped from the burning city of Troy and wandered the Mediterranean for years before settling in Italy. Patterned after the Iliad and the Odyssey, the Aeneid was composed as an epic poem by Virgil, to glorify the imperial city of Rome.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span><span><span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Additional information:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ages:&nbsp; <\/strong><em>8-12<\/em><span><strong>Length:&nbsp;<\/strong><\/span><span> <\/span><em><span>162 pages<\/span><\/em><span><span><span><span><strong>Format:<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span><span><span><span><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><em><span><span>Paperback, Ebook<\/span><\/span><\/em><span><strong>Illustrations:<\/strong><\/span><em><strong><span>&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong><span><span><span><span><strong><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span>&nbsp;None<\/span><\/em><span><span><span><span><strong>Year published:<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span><span><span><span> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><em><span><span><span><span>2006<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em><span><span><span><strong>ISBN:<\/strong>&nbsp; <\/span><\/span><\/span><em><\/em><em>978-1-59915-060-4<\/em><span><span style=\"letter-spacing: px;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: Npx;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: Napx;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: NaNpx;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: .px;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: px;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: Npx;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: Napx;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: NaNpx;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: .px;\"><span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span><span><span><span style=\"letter-spacing: px;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: Npx;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: Napx;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: NaNpx;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: .px;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: px;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: Npx;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: Napx;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: NaNpx;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: .px;\"><strong><span>Genres:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><em><span><span><span><span style=\"letter-spacing: px;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: Npx;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: Napx;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: NaNpx;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: .px;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: px;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: Npx;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: Napx;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: NaNpx;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: .px;\"><span>&nbsp; <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span>Literature, Roman Hero Tales<\/span><\/em>                    <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Purchase book at Amazon<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Add print book to cart<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Add ebook to cart<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><strong><strong><strong>Table of Contents<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>1. The Horse of Wood 2. The Sack of Troy&nbsp;3. Aeneas and Anchises&nbsp;4. Of the Voyage of Aeneas&nbsp;5. The Voyage of Aeneas (continued)&nbsp;6. The Shipwreck&nbsp;7. Carthage&nbsp;8. Dido&nbsp;9. The Funeral Games of Anchises&nbsp;10. The Burning of the Ships\u2014The Coming to Italy&nbsp;11. In Italy&nbsp;12. The Plots of Juno&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>13. The Gathering of the Chiefs 14. King Evander&nbsp;15. The Arms of Aeneas&nbsp;16. Nisus and Euryalus&nbsp;17. The Battle at the Camp&nbsp;18. The Battle on the Shore&nbsp;19. The Council&nbsp;20. The Deeds and Death of Camilla&nbsp;21. The Broken Treaty&nbsp;22. The Death of Turnus&nbsp;23. Afterwards<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><strong><strong><strong>An Inside View&#8230;<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"15080\" width=\"924\" height=\"691\" title=\"church_aeneid\" src=\"\/\/yesterdaysclassics.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/church_aeneid.jpg\" style=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><strong><strong>Related Titles&#8230;<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"width: 100%;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/old.yesterdaysclassics.com\/books\/stories-from-ancient-rome-by-alfred-j-church\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"675\" title=\"church_rome_cover\" data-id=\"6610\" src=\"\/\/yesterdaysclassics.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/church_rome_cover.jpg\" style=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/old.yesterdaysclassics.com\/books\/stories-from-ancient-rome-by-alfred-j-church\" style=\"outline: none;\"><strong>Stories from Ancient Rome<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">by Alfred J. 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