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.

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 ...

Much of the Aeneid is fuelled by this torturous conflict between private fulfillment and public responsibility, which was to become a staple of European literature and drama, showing up in ...

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 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.

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 ...