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According to Greek tradition, Odysseus had a son named Latinus who ruled over the Etruscans. Was he the King Latinus of Virgil's Aeneid?
Kenyan-American Artist Wangechi Mutu Makes Rome Debut with Groundbreaking multi-sensory Solo Exhibition at Galleria Borghese.
The history of Modern Greek at Harvard University began in 1828, just a few years after the Greek War of Independence started ...
An Interesting Detail by Kimberly Campanello; Quality Control at the Miracle Factory by Patrick Cotter; Wellwater by Karen ...
For centuries, depictions of Cleopatra have emphasised her beauty and romantic entanglements – much more so than her ...
They welcome Trump’s imperial presidency and unchecked executive power, seeing parallels with a transition from republicanism ...
The Fourth Eclogue of the Roman poet Virgil stands out among his pastoral poems as a piece charged with a mysterious and powerful prophecy. Written around 40 BC, during the turbulent era following ...
Dating to the third century, the mosaic was discovered in a villa at Sousse and depicts the poet writing his famous epic, The Aeneid, flanked by the muses of tragedy and history.
Virgil was one of Rome’s most prolific poets, and ancient Greece had a profound influence on his works. He practically wrote the instruction manual for the Roman Empire with his Aeneid, a work ...
In Greco-Roman myth, the harpies were typically tasked with meting out justice on behalf of Zeus and other gods by using their great speed from their wings and sharp talons.
Over its long existence, the empire was ruled by a significant number of emperors—approximately 70 in the West alone, with many more in the East—each contributing to its tumultuous history in ...