Download or read book The Aeneid for Boys and Girls written by Alfred Church and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2013-12 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Aeneid for Boys and Girls relates the compelling tale of Aeneas, the legendary ancestor of Romulus. Aeneas 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 originally composed as an epic poem by Virgil to glorify the imperial city of Rome.