The Golden Bough is a fantastical object in the Aeneid, an epic poem by the 1st…

The Golden Bough is a fantastical object in the Aeneid, an epic poem by the 1st century BCE Roman poet Virgil. The Trojan hero Aeneas is tasked to find the bough and remove it from its host tree to prove his divine favour before his journey into the Underworld.

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There are several versions of Aeneid at PG: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=Aeneid

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