Latin
Explore 6 works originally written in Latin, led by The Aeneid by Virgil.
Start with The Aeneid by Virgil, ranked #65 in the Canon Compass list.
Featured Books
Virgil's Aeneid: Trojan prince Aeneas journeys to found Rome, sacrificing love and peace to duty. The epic poem that defined Western civilization.
Augustine's Confessions: the first great autobiography and a profound meditation on sin, memory, and the search for God.
Ovid's Metamorphoses: over 250 myths of transformation woven into one epic poem. Gods, mortals, and the art of change.
Lucretius' ancient Roman poem explains the universe through Epicurean philosophy—a visionary work that anticipates modern science.
Apuleius's The Golden Ass is the only surviving Latin novel, a picaresque tale of magic, misadventure, and transformation.