Virgil’s epic poem The Aeneid documents the founding of Rome by a Trojan hero. As with other ancient epics, our hero has to remain resolute in the face of significant divine hostility.

Ours is a great age for classical translation. Just in the past dozen years, Virgil's "Aeneid" has been tackled by Robert Fagles, Stanley Lombardo, Frederick Ahl, Sarah Ruden and, now, David Ferry ...

The first translation by a woman renders the tenderness in Virgil’s war epic For more than 2,500 years, classical epic has been the province of men: written by, for, and about them, and passed ...

In the foundational myth of Carthage that appears in Virgil’s “Aeneid,” the settlement was founded by the fugitive princess Dido, who acquired land from a local Berber ruler.

John Dryden called it "the best poem by the best poet", while Dante instated its author as his guide through hell. For more than 1000 years after its composition, Virgil's epic poem, The Aeneid, a ...

In Neil Bartlett's fevered production of Christopher Marlowe's "Dido, Queen of Carthage," it's hard to tell the difference between the gods and the mortals. Juno, Jupiter and Venus are ...

Syracuse, N.Y. — Carthage boys lacrosse was on the brink of defeat in the second overtime of its sectional quarterfinal bout with Fulton on Wednesday. The fifth-seeded Comets hadn’t scored in ...

The Bardo Museum's crown jewel is this mosaic of the Roman poet Virgil writing the eighth verse of the epic the Aeneid.Clio, the muse of tragedy, and Melpomene, the muse of history, look on.

For leaders who built empires throughout history, The Aeneid has been a blueprint for how to take over land that belongs to someone else. Now when empires are making a comeback, it's worth asking ...

“The song of the Aeneid is meant for moments when people desperately need to wrap their heads around an after that is shockingly different from the before they’d always known,” writes Andrea ...