Chapter I: Front Matter

STORIES FROM VIRGIL

BY THE
REV. ALFRED J. CHURCH, M.A.

_Head Master of King Edward's School, Retford_;
AUTHOR OF "STORIES FROM HOMER."

WITH TWENTY-FOUR ILLUSTRATIONS
FROM PINELLI'S DESIGNS

_FIFTH THOUSAND._

SEELEY, JACKSON, & HALLIDAY, FLEET STREET
LONDON. MDCCCLXXIX.

(_All Rights Reserved._)

UNWIN BROTHERS, THE GRESHAM PRESS,
CHILWORTH AND LONDON.

CONTENTS.

CHAP. PAGE
I. THE HORSE OF WOOD 1

II. THE SACK OF TROY 10

III. ÆNEAS AND ANCHISES 20

IV. POLYDORUS--DELOS--CRETE--THE HARPIES 29

V. KING HELENUS--THE CYCLOPS 39

VI. THE SHIPWRECK 52

VII. CARTHAGE 58

VIII. DIDO 68

IX. THE LOVE AND DEATH OF DIDO 78

X. THE FUNERAL GAMES OF ANCHISES 96

XI. THE FUNERAL GAMES (CONTINUED) 107

XII. THE BURNING OF THE SHIPS--THE VOYAGE TO ITALY 115

XIII. THE SIBYL 124

XIV. THE DWELLINGS OF THE DEAD 132

XV. KING LATINUS 149

XVI. THE WRATH OF JUNO 159

XVII. THE GATHERING OF THE CHIEFS 167

XVIII. KING EVANDER 173

XIX. THE ARMS OF ÆNEAS 181

XX. NISUS AND EURYALUS 190

XXI. THE BATTLE AT THE CAMP 202

XXII. THE BATTLE ON THE SHORE 210

XXIII. THE COUNCIL 226

XXIV. THE BATTLE AT THE CITY 235

XXV. THE BROKEN TREATY 245

XXVI. THE DEATH OF TURNUS 253

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

THE FLIGHT FROM TROY _Frontispiece_

LAOCOÖN 8

ÆNEAS AND HELEN 20

ÆNEAS AND THE SHADE OF CREÜSA 26

THE HARPIES 36

JUNO AND ÆOLUS 54

NEPTUNE STILLING THE WAVES 56

DIDO AND THE FALSE ASCANIUS 76

DIDO ON THE FUNERAL PILE 94

ENTELLUS KILLING THE BULL 110

CHARON AND THE GHOSTS 134

CERBERUS 136

ÆNEAS AND THE SHADE OF DIDO 138

THE FURY AT THE FEAST 142

TURNUS OVER THE BODIES OF ALMO AND GALÆSUS 168

ÆNEAS AND TIBER 174

HERCULES AND CACUS 178

VULCAN AND THE CYCLOPÉS 186

IRIS APPEARING TO TURNUS 190

NISUS AND EURYALUS 198

THE MOTHER OF EURYALUS RECEIVING THE NEWS OF HIS DEATH 200

ÆNEAS AND THE BODY OF LAUSUS 222

CAMILLA AND THE SON OF AUNUS 240

THE DEATH OF CAMILLA 242

TO THE HONOURED MEMORY

OF

JOHN CONINGTON

THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED.