Roman d'Enéas

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Le Roman d'Enéas is a roman of Medieval French literature, dating to ca. 1160, attributed to Benoît de Sainte-Maure. Its subject matter is the tale of Aeneas.

The author pretends to translate Virgil's Aeneid, but focusses on a love tale between Aeneas and Lavinia over some 2,000 verses. There is a free translation into Middle High German epic poetry by Heinrich von Veldeke.

[edit] See also

• 12th century in literature
• Matter of Rome

[edit] External links

• http://faculty.washington.edu/miceal/lgw/dido/Eneas(trans).html
• http://www.ac-nancy-metz.fr/enseign/Lettres/LanguesAnciennes/Textes/Virgile/eneas.htm