ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Aeneid, Latin epic poem written from about 30 to 19 bce by the Roman poet Virgil. Composed in hexameters, about 60 lines of which were left unfinished at his death, the Aeneid incorporates the various legends of Aeneas and makes him the founder of Roman greatness.

Detailed explanation-2: -He composed three of the most famous poems in Latin literature: the Eclogues (or Bucolics), the Georgics, and the epic Aeneid.

Detailed explanation-3: -Virgil, also spelled Vergil, Latin in full Publius Vergilius Maro, (born October 15, 70 bce, Andes, near Mantua [Italy]-died September 21, 19 bce, Brundisium), Roman poet, best known for his national epic, the Aeneid (from c. 30 bce; unfinished at his death).

Detailed explanation-4: -The Aeneid (/ɪˈniːɪd/ ih-NEE-id; Latin: Aenē̆is [ae̯ˈneːɪs] or [ˈae̯neɪs]) is a Latin epic poem, written by Virgil between 29 and 19 BC, that tells the legendary story of Aeneas, a Trojan who fled the fall of Troy and travelled to Italy, where he became the ancestor of the Romans.

Detailed explanation-5: -Virgil was commissioned by the Emperor Augustus to write the Aeneid in about 30BC. The theme of the importance of sensibility, hard work and religion that Virgil had shown in his earlier works, the Eclogues and the Georgics, was exactly what Augustus thought Rome needed to reclaim order after the civil war.