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Mentions Across Episodes
“The Aeneid, translated by Robert Fagles, takes us back to the legendary beginnings of Carthage and the story of its foundation by the Phoenician queen Dido.”
“The Aeneid is mentioned as a work of mythology that adapts Homer to explain the origins of Rome.”
The Rest Is HistoryOct 7, 2021
“Mary Beard mentioned that since the moment Virgil had laid down his pen to die, there wasn't a day when someone hadn't read the Aeneid.”