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src="https://legacy-cms-media.bartleby.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2022/06/14172439/shield-129x148-1.jpg" alt="Harvard Classics, Vol. 13"> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td align="left">The design of it is to form the mind to heroic virtue by example.</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">—<a href="/lit-hub/hc/aeneid/dedication-4#1"><i>Dedication</i></a></td> </tr> <tr align="right"> <td><i>Vergil</i></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <div class="bby-content-right"> <h1>Harvard Classics, Vol. 13</h1> <h3>Æneid</h3> <h3>Vergil</h3> <p><p><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">The greatest of Latin epics, concerning the mythic founder of Rome, the Æneid combines both legitimization of Roman dominance of the world and perfect poetic style to ensure both contemporary sanction and literary permanence.</span></p> </p> <p size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <a class="bby_content_text" href="/lit-hub/bibliography/vergil-70-b-c-19-b-c/">Bibliographic 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