‘A countryman cleaves earth with his crooked plough. Such is the labourof his life. So he sustains his native land …’ Virgil’s affectionate poem of ...
Continue Reading →“I sing of arms and the man . . . ” So begins the Aeneid, greatest of Western epic poems. Virgil’s story of the journey ...
Continue Reading →After completing his labours, Herakles finally returns home, sending ahead a young woman, Iole, to serve his bed. In an attempt to regain Herakles’ affection ...
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