APROPOS of the interminable BaconShakespeare controversy there may be interest for the curious and combative in the ingenious case made out by Père Jean Hardouin, a seventeenth-century Jesuit scholar, ...
Like translations, most biographies are for the time of their audience. In 2008 Sarah Ruden delivered an “Aeneid” in a line-by-line version that spoke in a clear, vibrant American English, her ...
The Aeneid by Vergil is a Roman epic that follows the journey of Aeneas, a Trojan warrior who escapes the destruction of Troy and sets out to find a new homeland in Italy. Guided by fate and the gods, ...
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 began.
Purchase this and other timeless New Criterion essays in our hard-copy reprint series. But I learned the joys of devotion, which I had failed to when I first experienced the Aeneid in Latin. It was on ...
America’s founding generation absorbed Virgil’s Aeneid and the lessons of Rome. This essay series explores Italy’s unique contribution to the rich inheritance of Western civilization, offering a ...
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