Aeneid

Aeneas: Trojan Prince and Founder of Rome

by Ed Whelan, Contributing Writer, Classical Wisdom He is a towering figure of ancient myth. He fought at Troy and appears in the Iliad. Yet he is remembered for something much greater. He was seen by the Romans as a paragon of virtue, and one of the founders of their city. One of the world’s

Written on December 8, 2021 at 7:20 pm, by Whelan

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Categories: Heroes, Mythology

Tags: Aeneas, Aeneid, Aphrodite, Roman Mythology, Rome, Trojan War, Troy

The Early Influence of the Greeks on the Romans

by Kevin Blood The worlds of ancient Greece and Rome were, of course, deeply intertwined over the centuries. This history stretches back further than some may realise, though, to a series of city states in the south of Italy. From the 8th century BCE, the Greeks established colonies along the coasts of Sicily and southern

Written on October 22, 2021 at 7:08 pm, by Sean Kelly

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Categories: History

Tags: Aeneid, Cumae, Cumaean Sibyl, Etruscans, Magna Graecia, Posidonia, Rome

Not Your Virgil’s Sinon: The Greeks and the Man Who Tricked the Trojans

Written by Cynthia C. Polsley, Ph.D., Contributing Writer, Classical Wisdom And I said to him: ‘Who are those two poor sinners who give off smoke like wet hands in the winter and lie so close to you upon the right?’ ‘I found them here,’ he answered, ‘when I rained down to this rocky slope; they’ve not

Written on July 15, 2020 at 6:48 am, by Alex Barrientos

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Categories: Literature

Tags: Aeneid, Dante, Dante's Inferno, Fall of Troy, Homer, Homer's Odyssey, iliad, Odyssey, Quintus, Sinon, Virgil

Four Common(ly misunderstood) Latin Proverbs

The other day a student told me that, during her studies as an art student, she had to sculpt a small statue as an assignment for one of her courses. She did so without having put much thought into it. The professor approached her and started praising her work, giving it much more and much

Written on October 25, 2019 at 10:19 am, by Visnja Bojovic

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Categories: Language

Tags: Aeneid, juvenal, latin, proverbs, Publius Terentius Afer, Seneca, Terence, Virgil

The Quietest, Coolest, Most Pleasant Place in the World

By Anya Leonard “We passed along the coastline of Epirus To port Chaonia, where we put in, Below Buthrotum on the height… I saw before me Troy in miniature A slender copy of our massive tower, A dry brooklet named Xanthus…and I pressed My body against a Scaean Gate. Those with me Feasted their eyes

Written on September 25, 2014 at 3:28 pm, by plato

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Categories: Archeology

Tags: Aeneid, Albania, Archeology, Augustus, Buthortum, Caesar, Chaonia, Cicero, Corfu, Epirus, Roman Colony, Virgil

Virgil (70 BCE- 21 BCE)

Virgil or Publius Vergilius Maro, his full name, is one of the most celebrated and influential of the ancient Roman poets. His work was loved during his lifetime and has survived through the ages. It is believed that he authored several small poems during his life. However he is often remembered for three books in particular.

Written on July 15, 2013 at 4:10 pm, by Van Bryan

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Categories: Poets

Tags: Aeneid, Dante, Rome, The Divine Comedy, Virgil