Phillis Wheatley came to America on a slave ship, but soon became its first African-American poet with knowledge of Latin ans ...

Virgil is the guide of this journey, much as the Roman poet Virgil guided Dante into the Inferno. Simple moments of joy, hope, loss, and disappointment take on new meaning as Virgil navigates how ...

Born a peasant, Virgil was raised on a farm before being educated in the Greek and Roman authors. His rural upbringing influenced all his poetry, especially his earlier work, like the “Eclogues”.

English composer Henry Purcell’s Dido & Aeneas , based on Book IV of Roman poet Virgil’s epic The Aeneid, is all set to be ...

When in Rome, do as the Romans do.” “All roads lead to Rome.” “Rome was not built in a day.” Caesar Augustus boasted, “I found Rome a city of brick and ...

In his masterpiece The Divine Comedy, Dante Alighieri describes his descent into the underworld where he visits the three realms of the dead— the Inferno, Purgatorio and Paradiso. With the Latin poet ...

Natalie Haynes considers the work of the Roman poet Virgil, ranging from his hints on bee-keeping to his great work The Aeneid. Dido is the classic wronged woman and the Aeneid contains the best ...