Episode 54: Out of Troy (Virgil's Aeneid, Books 1-3)
Virgil's Aeneid, Books 1-3. The Aeneid is Rome's great epic. Learn the story of its first three books, and when and why Virgil began writing it. Episode 54 Quiz https://literatureandhistory.com/quiz-...
31 Maj 20182h 12min
Episode 53: Then Came Hard Iron (Virgil's Georgics)
Virgil's Georgics (c. 29 BCE), or agriculture poems, show the poet reaching his full strength as a writer, and using an old form to analyze the history around him. Episode 53 Quiz https://literaturea...
4 Maj 20181h 52min
Episode 52: White Flowers Die (Virgil's Eclogues)
Virgil's Eclogues (c. 38 BCE) are poems about country life. Far from being innocent celebrations, though, they are often cryptic, and filled with a haunting darkness. Episode 52 Quiz https://literatu...
12 Apr 20181h 49min
Episode 51: Horace and Augustan Age Poetry
Horace (65-8 BCE) was a central figure in shaping Augustan Age tastes in satire and literary criticism. His bumbling, self conscious persona has been charming readers for millennia. Episode 51 Quiz h...
19 Mars 20181h 42min
Episode 50: Our Brutal Age (Horace's Poetry)
The Roman poet Horace (65-8 BCE), a contemporary of Augustus, endured wars, regime changes, and became a literary spokesman for the new principate. Episode 50 Quiz https://literatureandhistory.com/qu...
19 Feb 20181h 51min
Episode 49: The Strange Roots of Love (Catullus' Poetry)
Catullus (c. 85-54 BCE) is Rome's most famous early poet. Departing from epic tradition, Catullus wrote a canon of short works that have been famous since antiquity. Episode 49 Quiz https://literatur...
31 Jan 20181h 55min
Episode 48: The Right and the Expedient (Cicero's Career, 62-43 BCE)
Following his consulship, Cicero did his best to salvage the battered Republic, eventually going head to head with the powerful young general Mark Antony. Episode 48 Quiz https://literatureandhistory...
15 Jan 20181h 35min
Episode 47: O Tempora, O Mores (Cicero's Career, 80-62 BCE)
The story of Cicero's career is an epic tale, filled with courtroom dramas, corruption, conspiracy, greed, and Cicero's own enduring hope for a better future. Episode 47 Quiz https://literatureandhis...
20 Dec 20171h 41min
