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 ...

Torjussen, Stian Sundell 2008. The “Orphic-Pythagorean” Eschatology of the Gold Tablets from Thurii and the Sixth Book of Virgil'sAeneid. Symbolae Osloenses, Vol. 83, Issue. 1, p. 68.

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 ...

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.) ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

You’d opt to study (if you were to get through, of course), based on what jobs the institution that you’re paying through the ...

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 ...

This course approaches drawing as a way of thinking and seeing. Students will be introduced to a range of drawing issues, as well as a variety of media, including charcoal, graphite, ink, and oil ...

The Romans also honor Evander’s mother under the name Carmentis, considering her one of the nymphs. Strabo, Geography 5.3.3 ...

Because the preparation of pinsa, which dates back to the Roman Empire, its name derived from the Latin term “pinsere,” which ...