NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with poetry critic Tess Taylor about the publication of the sixth book of The Aeneid translated by Seamus Heaney and published posthumously.

The first translation by a woman renders the tenderness in Virgil’s war epic For more than 2,500 years, classical epic has been the province of men: written by, for, and about them, and passed ...

Virgil’s epic poem The Aeneid documents the founding of Rome by a Trojan hero. As with other ancient epics, our hero has to remain resolute in the face of significant divine hostility.

David Hadbawnik’s new translation of the Aeneid is accompanied by illustrations by Carrie Kaser. The interplay between the text and charcoal drawings vividly and playfully enhances the poem’s ...

Ours is a great age for classical translation. Just in the past dozen years, Virgil's "Aeneid" has been tackled by Robert Fagles, Stanley Lombardo, Frederick Ahl, Sarah Ruden and, now, David Ferry ...

Best known for his epic poem, “The Aeneid”, Virgil (70 – 19 BC) was regarded by Romans as a national treasure. His work reflects the relief he felt as civil war ended and the rule of ...

How The Aeneid Ties Into Gladiator II’s Story. So how does this relate to Lucius’ journey? On a basic level, it speaks to our hero’s near-death experience at the beginning of the film where ...

People upset about Irene Siegel’s fresco-style work at the Sulzer Regional Library unsuccessfully demanded it be painted over in 1985 before she was done, saying it looked like graffiti.