Throughout history, sieges have been a testament to the resilience, strategy, and endurance of both attackers and defenders.

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 ...

The Sibyl’s oracles refers to a moment in the Aeneid, in which Aeneas goes to the Sibyl’s cave to find out about his future, and a gust of wind blows all her leaves, making it impossible for ...

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 ...

Gladiator 2 is thrilling – even if Paul Mescal is no Russell Crowe - 4/5 Ridley Scott’s belated sequel has sharks, monkeys, and Denzel Washington doing some tremendous sleeve acting. At times, this is ...

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

Chronologically it spans the eleventh- and twelfth-century adaptations of the Aeneid down to present-day translation activity, in which women are better represented than in earlier eras. The book ...

The area fascinated ancient figures. In “The Aeneid,” Virgil pinpointed the mouth of hell in a cave near Lake Avernus, a volcanic crater, describing ghosts and monsters in its depths (the most ...

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

Need a break from that feeling of impending doom? I know I do. Buzz away for a bit and sit in a meadow of flowers with me as I try this week’s Sink nature-drink — The Bee Sting.

Immediately after Russia's invasion in February 2022, there was a "literary boom," as "locals were buying ­classical works including a mock-heroic version of the 'Aeneid,' written in Ukrainian by ...