Æneid

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Æneid (plural Æneids)

  1. Alternative form of Aeneid
    • 1807, [Germaine] de Staël Holstein, translated by D[ennis] Lawler, “[[Book XIII. Vesuvius and the plain of Naples.] Chap[ter] IV.] The extempore effusion of Corinna on the Plain of Naples.”, in Corinna; or, Italy. [], volume III, London: [] Corri, []; and sold by Colburn, [], and Mackenzie, [], →OCLC, page 235:
      The city of Cumea,[sic] the grotto of the Sybil, and the Temple of Apollo, were upon this height.—Behold the wood where the golden branch was gathered! The land of the Æneid surrounds you, and those fictions which genius has consecrated, are become recollections of which we yet seek the traces.