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EPISODE · Dec 4, 2025 · 58 MIN

Vergil's Aeneid | The Story of Rome's Founding

from The Literature Humanities Radio Hour on WKCR 89.9FM: Literary Classics in Conversation · host thomaspreston

Thomas, Katrina and Larry are joined by Geoff to discuss their favorite bits of an Aeneid: its strange ambiguity vis-a-vis its own political project, Aeneas as a less than ideal hero, a paranoid stance regarding excessive affect and some very choice Latin terms.

Thomas, Katrina and Larry are joined by Geoff to discuss their favorite bits of an Aeneid: its strange ambiguity vis-a-vis its own political project, Aeneas as a less than ideal hero, a paranoid stance regarding excessive affect and some very choice Latin terms.

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