Tag Archives: Aeneid

Virgil and the Olympic Games

By Robin Bates | Published: August 6, 2024

The footrace in “Aeneid’s” epic games is a chaotic affair, involving some actual cheating.

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By Robin Bates | Published: November 1, 2023

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

By Robin Bates | Published: October 30, 2023

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

By Robin Bates | Published: March 16, 2022

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

By Robin Bates | Published: December 27, 2021

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

By Robin Bates | Published: August 25, 2021

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

By Robin Bates | Published: June 1, 2021

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

By Robin Bates | Published: May 27, 2021

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

By Robin Bates | Published: April 28, 2021

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