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The ''Aeneid'' is a fictional work by [[Virgil]], about the founding of Rome.  It is the counterpart of the Greek ''[[Iliad]]'' and ''[[Odyssey]]''.
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The ''Aeneid'' is a fictional poetic work by [[Virgil]], about the founding of Rome.  It is the counterpart of the Greek ''[[Iliad]]'' and ''[[Odyssey]]''.
    
It opens with the famous words ''Arma virumque cano'' ("Of arms and the man I sing,") which is often alluded to in literature, for example in the title of [[George Bernard Shaw]]'s play ''Arms and the Man.''
 
It opens with the famous words ''Arma virumque cano'' ("Of arms and the man I sing,") which is often alluded to in literature, for example in the title of [[George Bernard Shaw]]'s play ''Arms and the Man.''
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