Gaius Cilnius Maecenas (c.70 BC-c. 8 BC) was a Roman politician and patron of the poets Virgil and Horace. His name was ...
Virgil is the guide of this journey, much as the Roman poet Virgil guided Dante into the Inferno. Simple moments of joy, hope, loss, and disappointment take on new meaning as Virgil navigates how ...
The hero, Aeneas, deliberately embodies the Roman ideals of loyalty ... More importantly, however, Virgil was regarded by Romans as their national poet. He was a man who spoke for their ...
English composer Henry Purcell’s Dido & Aeneas , based on Book IV of Roman poet Virgil’s epic The Aeneid, is all set to be ...
A question beautifully addressed in Richard Hough’s Firebird which is receiving its world premiere at the King’s Head Theatre ...
Natalie Haynes considers the work of the Roman poet Virgil, ranging from his hints on bee-keeping to his great work The Aeneid. Dido is the classic wronged woman and the Aeneid contains the best ...