Excerpt from P. Vergili Maronis Opera, Vol. 2: The Works of Virgil, With a Commentary; Containing the First Six Books of the Aeneid Preface to Homer. [that the Aeneid was undertaken at the command of a superior there is no evidence. See p. Lxvi. - H. N. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.