This is the first major single-volume edition in English of Book IX of Virgil's Aeneid, a pivotal part of the poem that contains the nocturnal interlude of the ill-fated expedition of the young ...

Best known for his epic poem, “The Aeneid”, Virgil (70 – 19 BC) was regarded by Romans as a national treasure. His work reflects the relief he felt as civil war ended and the rule of ...

She has written multiple books on Rome, as well as a translation of Virgil’s Aeneid. She pointed to several parts of the film ...

Augustus Caesar, the newly minted Emperor, full of crusading zeal, embarked on a bit of a re-brand, and the Aeneid was Virgil’s way of supporting Augustus Caesar’s aims. “You’ve never had ...

Our fear can bring us together. It can also tear us apart. Halloween provides the language to talk about threats, real or imagined.

Explore Ursula K. Le Guin's captivating books, where imaginative stories, deep characters, and powerful themes create ...

Book VIII is one of the most attractive and important books of Virgil's Aeneid. It includes the visit of Aaneas to the site of the future Rome, the story of Hercules and Cacus, the episode between ...

F ear stalks the land, including the Upper West Side,” I wrote to a friend the other day. A week before the election, ...

Sarah Ruden’s most recent books are the extensively revised second edition of her Aeneid translation and her new translation of the Gospels. Goddess, sing rage . . . She herself was ...

One of the earliest references was by the Roman poet Virgil, who described "thin wheaten cakes as platters for their meal" in his epic poem Aeneid. The characters top their "wheaten cakes" with ...

Opera Company of Middlebury’s 2024–2025 Youth Opera Season will involve over 170 teen singers and instrumentalists in ...