As the narrator of TheAeneid, Virgil describes the thoughts and feelings of the characters in his story in the third person. Books 2 and 3 are narrated by Aeneas in the first person, telling the story of his travels from Troy.
Tense
TheAeneid is mostly told in the past tense, although there is some present-tense and future-tense narration.
About the Title
Although Virgil wrote in Latin, he used the Greek form of Aeneas's name in his title as an homage to the Greek writer Homer, his literary predecessor.
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