| Where: | Greenwood Library – Children’s Literature Room |
| When: | February 26, 2008 |
| Time: | 3:30 pm |
Please come for some coffee and a brief discussion (interactive we hope)
of Virgil the celebrated classical Roman poet. He was born October 15, 70 BCE
and died September 21, 19 BCE. He authored three types of epics: the Bucolics
(or Eclogues), the Georgics and the virtually completed Aeneid, the last
an epic poem in imitation of Homer. This work became the Roman Empire’s
national epic.
“Virgil is suddenly newsy” reported the New York Times (Ja. 2007).
Nicholas Kristof invokes the Aeneid as a “tale of war and empire, and a
constant subtext is how easy it is to be uncivilized when promoting civilization.
[…] In war, moderation is the first casualty.” Of the new version by
distinguished translator Robert Fagles, an Atlantic Monthly reviewer wrote
that it is “…for our age, if not necessarily for the ages.”
After coffee and a social, Raymond Cormier will lead the discussion.