Aeneid Book 1.1-7: I Sing of Arms and the Man

The first seven lines of Vergil’s Aeneid, arguably one of the greatest works of Latin literature, declares itself to be a tale of a refugee from the famous city of Troy who brought his old gods to Italy and eventually founded the race of people who would lead to the Romans of Augustus’ time. This video covers the Latin and major themes from these first seven lines. N.B., the comments in this video are my own, but heavily researched and based on ideas by people much smarter than me.