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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

It’s been roughly five centuries since the Aeneid was first translated into English—but there’s no sign of the work getting stale.Classics professor Shadi Bartsch’s new translation is evidence enough.

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.

Built primarily around allusions to Virgil’s Aeneid with hints of Homer’s Odyssey and other works of myth, ... Oh, boy, there's a bunch. Obviously Dido, the tragic queen of Carthage.