Hardie, an eminent classicist, senior research fellow at Trinity College Cambridge, and author of several previous books on Virgil, traces the influence of the Aeneid and Virgil's other works through ...

I see a lot of arms and men who believe themselves in exile. Though, unlike the hero Aeneas who must traverse “far and pathless” ways to find a new home in distant Italy after the destruction of his ...

Virgil’s Aeneid became the canonical myth of Rome’s origins as soon as it was published, following the poet’s death, in 19 BCE. When Troy fell to the Greeks, the story goes, Aeneas, the son of Venus ...

The ancient story. Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas, first performed in 1689, is inspired by Virgil’s account of the myth which follows the burgeoning love of Aeneas, a Trojan prince, and the Queen of ...

Classical pop quiz: Name the bride in “The Aeneid.” Oh, I’m sorry. Dido is incorrect. (For those of you who checked the book information: No fair!) If the name escapes you, it’s not surprising. As ...

Opera Atelier has announced the company's return to the Elgin Theatre with its iconic production of Henry Purcell's Dido and Aeneas, on stage October 20 and 22 at 7:30pm and October 23 at 2:30pm.