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Preface and note Part I. Background: 1. Virgil in the light of his time 2. Life of Virgil 3. The Eclogues 4. The Georgics 5. Metrical unity and continuity Part II. Virgil and Homer: 6. 'Arms and the man' 7. The Aeneas legend 8. The 'Odyssean' Aeneid 9. The 'Iliadic' Aeneid Part III. Reading The Aeneid: 10. The text 11. The story 12. Structure 13. Expression and sensibility 14. Narrative technique 15. The world of the dead 16. Father-figures 17. Juno 18. War and heroism 19. Fate and free will 20. Conclusions Part IV. The After-Life of the Aeneid: 21. Influences and reputation 22. Virgil and Dante 23. Virgil and renaissance epic 24. Virgil and romanticism Principal characters of the poem.