...we human beings are so made that, to fill our minds with a deep, rich sense of the past, we need both legend and history. This particular legend...is one that men have treasured in their imaginations for two thousand years writes Clifton Fadiman in his afterword.

Here is the wonderful world of heroes, goddesses and supernatural adventures—a world found only in the myths of classical antiquity. In simple flowing style, Alfred J. Church retells Virgil's story of Aeneas' flight from fallen Troy to his final settlement in Latium. You will follow the noble Aeneas through magical waters and strange ports to Carthage where he meets the enchanting Dido; then descend with him and his benevolent guide Sibyl to the land of the dead, and finally learn how the oracle was fulfilled and the high destiny of the Roman state founded.

From the dust jacket of The Macmillan Classics edition