Romans: The Aeneid Student Workbook and Answer Key

THe AENEID is the first unit of The Romans, year two in the Old Western Culture curriculum on the Great Books. This unit unpacks one the greatest classics of the West, the Aeneid of Vergil, whose impact profoundly influenced both Roman society and medieval Christianity. Wesley Callihan guides the student through the plot, poetic devices, background, philosophy, history, and aesthetics of the poem, as well as its lasting influence on Western culture and civilization. He then briefly turns to the Roman epics of Ovid, Lucretius, Lucan, and Statius. This workbook covers the assignments for all 12 lessons of The Aeneid. Each lesson has two sets of comprehension questions - one for the lecture, and one for the reading.