Latin
Aeneis
The Aeneid
Publius Vergilius Maro
The golden bough carried down into the dark. Rome’s own epic, in Rome’s own words.
Editions
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The app
Learn Latin by reading Vergil. The original beside a clear translation, read aloud, with every word glossed.
The opening
Tap a line to unfold its translation. In the app, every word unfolds too.
The book
The Aeneid is the poem Rome wrote to explain itself. A man carries his father out of a burning city and spends the rest of his life paying for a future he will not see: a love abandoned on the shore of Carthage, a descent to the dead to be shown what it is all for, and a war in Italy he never wanted. Vergil gives empire its noblest voice and then, line by line, counts what it costs. It is the most influential poem in European literature, and the sound of the Latin is half the reason.
In the app
The original and the translation, side by side.
The author’s words align line by line with a clear English translation: two columns on iPad, a paired reading flow on iPhone.
Every line, read aloud.
Hear how the language actually sounds: its weight, its rhythm, not just how it looks on the page.
Notes for the line you’re on.
Tap any line for the grammar, the words, and the context behind it, written by us, for this text. An editor at your elbow.
Read aloud, and hear how you did.
Read a line yourself and the edition scores it on your phone: the whole line first, then sound by sound. Your voice never leaves the device.
The particulars
- The text
- Aeneis, Publius Vergilius Maro
- Translation
- Public-domain Latin (Vergil, d. 19 BC; text via the Perseus Digital Library). English translation © 2026 1732 Studios, LLC.
- Method
- The translations are our own, drafted with machine assistance and verified line by line. How the editions are made.
- The app
- The first chapter is free: the complete app, every feature. One unlock covers the rest, yours forever, $4.99. No subscription, no ads.
- Privacy
- Speech analysis runs on device. Your reading and your voice never leave your phone.