Tag Archives: Virgil

Homer, Virgil, Dante and the Afterlife

Literary afterlives, such as we encounter in Homer, Virgil, and Dante, are as much about this world as the next.

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Halloween Horrors in the Aeneid

For Halloween, check out the monsters who greet Aeneas on his way to the underworld.

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For GOP, Hellish Descent Is the Easy Part

NeverTrumper Bill Krisol recently quoted Virgil in revealing that he may have to vote for a Democrat in the next presidential election.

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Virgil Would Have Understood January 6

I repost an essay on how GOP insistence on “voter integrity” is a Trojan horse designed to prevent free and fair elections.

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Anti-Maskers Seized by a Fury from Hell

Anti-Maskers appear to have been infused by Allecto, the black fury from hell described in “Aeneid.”

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The GOP’s Trojan Horse: A Coup Attempt?

The Trojans, thinking the Greeks have left, let their guard down. Are Democrats being overly complacent about the prospect of a GOP coup?

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On Soothing Riotous Mobs

“Aeneid” has a passage that brings the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection to mind. And shows how a great leader would have handled it.

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Saving the Classics from Ideologues

A Univ. of Chicago classicist fears the alt-right will appropriate the classics for their own ends.

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Post of the Year: Plagues in Literature

A survey of literature through the ages that has dealt with plagues.

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