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Classics to the Rescue in Dark Times
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Virgil and the Olympic Games
The footrace in “Aeneid’s” epic games is a chaotic affair, involving some actual cheating.
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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