The Aeneid, a 2,000-year-old poem that reads like a playbook for U.S. politics today
For leaders who built empires throughout history, The Aeneid has been a blueprint for how to take over land that belongs to ...
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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 ...
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Why Is the Right Obsessed With Epic Poetry?
who established himself as Rome’s first emperor while Virgil was writing his poem. By retelling the myth that the city was founded by one great man, The Aeneid seemed to confirm that Rome should ...
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What did the Aeneid ever do for us?
Augustus Caesar, the newly minted Emperor, full of crusading zeal, embarked on a bit of a re-brand, and the Aeneid was Virgil ... Twelve books of the poem occupied him for about ten years ...
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The Aeneid, a 2,000-year-old poem that reads like a playbook for U.S. politics today
But Sarah Ruden, who has translated The Aeneid into English, adds the epic poem shows another side that focuses on humanity. "Virgil appears to be the first author who gives a sympathetic ...