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ID: 901002135
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002135
Record Type: Literature

Aeneid (epic poem, Virgil, 30/19 BCE)

Note: Latin epic poem by the Roman poet Virgil; composed in hexameters, organized into 12 books. Left unfinished at Virgil's death. Incorporates legends of Aeneas in the role of founder of Roman glory.

Display Date: ca. 30 to 19 BCE

Names:
Aeneid (epic poem, Virgil, 30/19 BCE) (preferred,English-P,D,N)
Æneid (epic poem, Virgil, 30/19 BCE) (Latin,U,N)
Virgil's Aeneid (epic poem, Virgil, 30/19 BCE) (English)

Hierarchical Position:
Literature and Performing Arts (P)
....<Named written and performed works> (P)
........<Literary works: Poetry> (P)
............Aeneid (epic poem, Virgil, 30/19 BCE) (I)
Related Iconography:
protagonist is .... Aeneas
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Greek iconography, Greek characters, Aeneas (Greco-Roman character)) [901000142]

Other Relationships:
role/characteristic is .... epic poem
.....(narrative poems, poems by form, poems, poetry and poems, genres for literature, genres in literature and performing arts, concepts in the arts and humanities, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
author is .... Virgil (Ancient Roman poet, 70-19 BCE)
.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)
language is .... Latin (language)
.....(temporary alphabetical list: languages and writing systems, languages and writing systems by specific type, languages and writing systems, language-related concepts, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:
Aeneid (epic poem, Virgil, 30/19 BCE)
................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
................Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-)
................J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-)
Æneid (epic poem, Virgil, 30/19 BCE)
................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
................J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-)
Virgil's Aeneid (epic poem, Virgil, 30/19 BCE)
................Eli Langer (1999)
Iconography Record Sources:
................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
................ J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-) http://www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/21/
................ Source for image http://www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/6573/

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