ÆNEÏS,
BOOK XII.
ARGUMENT.
Turnus challenges Æneas to a single combat: articles are agreed on, but broken by the Rutuli, who wound Æneas. He is miraculously cured by Venus, forces Turnus to a duel, and concludes the poem with his death.
The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 15
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The volume presents English renderings of the later books of the Latin epic, reporting the Trojan leader's campaigns in Italy with battlefield episodes, divine interventions, and notable personal encounters. Extensive historical and critical notes accompany the translations, explaining classical allusions and translation choices. The collection concludes with shorter poems attributed to the translator and a selection of his prose essays on dramatic theory, satire, and the art of poetry, combining poetic performance with literary criticism and practical commentary.