Refugees
From the Aeneid.
Charles Van Doren (1926–2019)
Here’s another way to think of Charles Van Doren: as a deeply thoughtful student of the sorrows and possibilities of human life.
#TrumpBookReport
“And btw- I was AGAINST the war in Troy.“
Three Virgils
“For my money, it’s Lombardo first, Fitzgerald second, and Fagles a distant third.”
Virgil out of context
Caroline Alexander on New York’s 9/11 memorial: “Anyone troubling to take even a cursory glance at the quotation’s context will find the choice offers neither instruction nor solace.”
Mark Zuckerberg and the Aeneid
Famous quotes!
Recreating Aeneas’s journey
Psst: it's a story!
Biden's Virgil
Did Virgil say it?
Aeneid on Facebook
The epic poem as Facebook page
"Uber-responsible" types
Hector and Aeneas and Rick from Casablanca
Robert Fagles, 1933-2008
Links to three obituaries
Three Virgils
Three versions of a passge from the Aeneid
Robert Fagles' Aeneid
Robert Fagles' translation of Virgil's Aeneid will be out in a couple of days. From a New York Times article: "I usually try not to ride t...
Words from Charles Van Doren
The name Charles Van Doren will bring to mind the quiz show Twenty-One and scandal. But here's another way in which Charles Van Doren might...