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The Aeneid - Book review
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Sacra Roma.
THE AENEID by VIRGIL translated by Robert Fagles Viking Adult, 496 pages, $40
WE DO NOT READ VIRGIL much anymore. In part, because we no longer learn Latin and so do not seek out its writers, however famous and central to our culture they were once thought to be. But there is another, more serious set of obstacles. The Renaissance and Enlightenment myth holds that our civilization began in Greece, and everything Greek is superior to the merely practical Latins. Most high school students are introduced to Homer these days, but I am unsure how much they bene...See the full content of this document
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