A simplified retelling of Homer’s "Iliad" and "Odyssey," this version is aimed at younger readers but maintains the essence ...

Explore a collection of essential Greek mythology books and retellings, offering timeless legends alongside modern ...

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 ...

Troy, the city at the heart of Homer’s Iliad and Virgil’s Aeneid, is one of the most legendary sites of classical Greek mythology. Fantastical details are woven into the tales—the interference of the ...

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 ...

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 ...

This book explores how Virgil in his Aeneid incorporates the ancient Stoics' thinking about how humans can exercise moral responsibility and how this can affect providential world fate. The ...

Sorry to disappoint, but Dionysus doesn’t have a cat in Greek myth. (I know, I know, this was one of my favourite bits too.) ...

She is also interested in the study of women and gender in antiquity and in Greco-Roman religion. She is the author of Greek Tragedy in Vergil's Aeneid: Ritual, Empire, and Intertext (Cambridge ...

The Significance of the Death of Palinurus [Ed's Note: Okay, not so exciting a title] Thesis: The death of Palinurus is a necessry episode in The Aeneid because it not only articulates Virgil's theme ...

Educators and students from across the state are celebrating the classics in Columbus at the 102nd Ohio Classical Conference ...

Roger Valdez writes about housing economics and policy. Virgil. The Aeneid (p. 161). University of Chicago Press. Kindle Edition. The Aeneid is an origin story. After the destruction of Troy by ...