Humanities CLEP Prep Practice Exam 2025 - Free Humanities CLEP Practice Questions and Study Guide

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Who wrote the epic poem The Aeneid?

Virgil

The Aeneid is an epic poem written by the Roman poet, Virgil. This traditional epic poem follows the journey of the Trojan hero Aeneas as he travels from Troy to Italy, where he becomes the ancestor of the Roman people. Option B, Homer, is known for as the author of the Greek epic poems The Iliad and The Odyssey, but not The Aeneid. Option C, Ovid, is known for his work Metamorphoses, a collection of mythological stories, but not The Aeneid. Option D, Sophocles, is known for his Greek tragedies, such as Oedipus Rex and Antigone, but not The Aeneid.

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