AENEID - Definition

Pronunciation:		i'neeid
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WordNet Dictionary

	Definition:	[n] an epic in Latin by Virgil; tells the adventures of Aeneas after the Trojan War; provides an illustrious historical background for the Roman Empire

	See Also:	epic, epic poem, epos

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

	Definition:	\[AE]*ne"id\, n. [L. Aeneis, Aeneidis, or -dos: cf. F. ['E]n['e]de.] The great epic poem of Virgil, of which the hero is [AE]neas.