Virgil Online
Links to articles
(scholarly and news) and websites about Virgil and the Aeneid for A Level Classical Civilization.
http://www.usu.edu/markdamen/1320AncLit/chapters/11verg.htm
Goes through the basics of the Aeneid
Goes through the basics of the Aeneid
An
archived webpage, brief background on the Aeneid legend and a
handy 'Who's Who'
Similar
to the above, brief discussions of the major topics and character guides.
Book
by book summaries.
A map
of Aeneas' travels
https://www.sparknotes.com/lit/aeneid/
Very useful analysis of each book, themes, and characters. Scroll down to the bottom of the page for quizzes on each book, the entire poem, and the major themes.
2. Newspapers, etc
(This list gets less serious towards the bottom...)
Short articles on Nisus and Euryalus; Laocoon; Palinurus (and the Capo Palinuro); a fresco of a scene from the Aeneid; Aeneas before Virgil; the park of Virgil's tomb in Ancient World magazine.
Women in Epic
Troy
This
is an interesting discussion on how ‘Troy’ as both a place and a concept that
has endured
History and Reality of Troy
https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v42/n02/james-davidson/at-the-british-museum
A review of the 2019 Troy exhibition, and a good account of the archaelological and historical background of the city
On Epic
https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/model-of-endurance/
Discussion of Homeric and Virgilian Epic
History and Reality of Troy
https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v42/n02/james-davidson/at-the-british-museum
A review of the 2019 Troy exhibition, and a good account of the archaelological and historical background of the city
On Epic
https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/model-of-endurance/
Discussion of Homeric and Virgilian Epic
The Abuse of Virgil
https://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/07/opinion/07alexander.html on
the 9/11 War Memorial.
Virgil and Propaganda
How the Aeneid changed me https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/sep/01/virgil-aeneid-book-that-changed-me-charlotte-higgins on
what the current culture editor of The Guardian made
of the Aeneid
The Aeneid still looks contemporary
https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/virgils-the-aeneid-still-looks-strikingly-contemporary/2017/09/12/3915dfe4-97df-11e7-b569-3360011663b4_story.html
Modern anti-immigrant rhetoric echoes the Aeneid (v. debatable)
https://theconversation.com/in-todays-anti-immigrant-rhetoric-echoes-of-virgils-aeneid-74738
The Aeneid, but told through facebook statuses
https://gawker.com/5185909/the-facebook-aeneid
And, finally, turning to a random page of the Aeneid and letting it make decisions for you (known as 'bibliomancy')
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/nn4yvd/my-days-of-bibliomancy-with-virgils-aeneid
Try it for yourself here, http://sortesvirgilianae.com/
3. Videos
Prof. Stephen Harrison's series of videos on the Aeneid
And Dr Emily Pillinger
And Dr Jessica Hughes (and others) more generally on the links between Roman monuments and foundation myths
The Aeneid still looks contemporary
https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/virgils-the-aeneid-still-looks-strikingly-contemporary/2017/09/12/3915dfe4-97df-11e7-b569-3360011663b4_story.html
Modern anti-immigrant rhetoric echoes the Aeneid (v. debatable)
https://theconversation.com/in-todays-anti-immigrant-rhetoric-echoes-of-virgils-aeneid-74738
The Aeneid, but told through facebook statuses
https://gawker.com/5185909/the-facebook-aeneid
And, finally, turning to a random page of the Aeneid and letting it make decisions for you (known as 'bibliomancy')
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/nn4yvd/my-days-of-bibliomancy-with-virgils-aeneid
Try it for yourself here, http://sortesvirgilianae.com/
3. Videos
Prof. Stephen Harrison's series of videos on the Aeneid
- Virgil
- Virgil and the genre of Epic
- The Gods
- Violence. And a closer look at the same theme specifically in book 9
- Heroism
- Premature death
- Cities
- Book 4: The marriage (?) scenes
And Dr Emily Pillinger
4. Podcasts and Radio
- Three good and relevant episodes of In Our Time. The Augustan age, which is necessary background. The Aeneid itself. Finally, Augustus brought about the downfall of the Roman republic, which you can learn more about here.
- A humorous but still informative episode on Virgil by Classicist x Stand-up comedian, Natalie Haynes.
- Ancient World magazine discussion of the Aeneid (also on e.g. Apple Podcasts).
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