Weblinks and videos for use with 11215 – Classical Civilisation A Level OCR: The World of the Hero: Virgil's Aeneid

Virgil’s Aeneid – Section A


Aeneid 1: Storm and banquet

The Aeneid by Virgil | Book 1


Aeneid 2: The Fall of Troy

The Aeneid by Virgil | Book 2


Aeneid 4: Dido and Aeneas

The Aeneid by Virgil | Book 4


Aeneid 6: The Underworld

The Aeneid by Virgil | Book 6

Simon Armitage reads from Seamus Heaney's Aeneid Book VI

Seamus Heaney's Aeneid Book VI - read by Edna O'Brien


Aeneid 7: The War in Latium

The Aeneid by Virgil | Book 7


Aeneid 8: Aeneas in Rome

The Aeneid by Virgil | Book 8


Aeneid 9: Nisus and Euryalus

The Aeneid by Virgil | Book 9


Aeneid 10: Pallas and Mezentius

The Aeneid by Virgil | Book 10


Aeneid 11: Drances and Camilla


Aeneid 12: Truce and Duel

The Aeneid by Virgil | Book 12


Section C

What is Piety to a Roman?

BBC ‘In Our Time’: Three modern Classical scholars discuss Virgil’s Aeneid: Catherine Edwards, Edith Hall, Philip Hardie