Stories From Virgil By Alfred J. Church

Stories from Virgil by Alfred J. Church

by Alfred J. Church

Alfred J. Church created 26 stories from the original Greek version of Virgil's Aeneid. He included well-known ones, such as "The Horse of Wood" and "The Love and Death of Dido," as well as many others perhaps less well-known, such as "King Evander" and "The Funeral Games of Anchises."

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English

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English

Published In

1878

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Alfred J. Church

United Kingdom

Alfred John Church was an English classical scholar. Church was born in London and was educated at King's College, London, and Lincoln College, Oxford. He took holy orders and was an assistant-master...

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