The Aeneid
The Aeneid is 107,633 words — about 7h 11m at 250 words per minute, across 12 chapters. Measure your own speed and read it free, here.
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The Trojans, after a seven years’ voyage, set sail for Italy, but are overtaken by a dreadful storm, which Aeolus raises at the request of Juno. The tempest sinks one, and scatters the rest. Neptune drives off the winds, and calms the sea. Aeneas, with his own ship and six more, arrives safe at an African port. Venus complains to Jupiter of her son’s misfortunes. Jupiter comforts her, and sends Mercury to procure him…
Details
- AuthorVirgil
- SourceProject Gutenberg #228
- Length107,633 words · 7h 11m of reading
- Chapters12
- DictionaryIncluded
- CopyrightPublic domain in the United States
- Source checked2026-08-21
Contents
12 chapters
Recovered from the original source text, so you can open the book at any of them.
- 01BOOK I
- 02BOOK II
- 03BOOK III
- 04BOOK IV
- 05BOOK V
- 06BOOK VI
- 07BOOK VII
- 08BOOK VIII
- 09BOOK IX
- 10BOOK X
- 11BOOK XI
- 12BOOK XII
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