Augustus to Virgil: Are you Mad at Me? 🥺
August 15, 2025
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August 15, 2025
Augustus to Virgil: Are you Mad at Me? 🥺
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<p>It's time we finally talked about the elephant in the room: does Virgil actually <em>like</em> Augustus? Or is he just pretending? This doesn't seem to have been much of a question in the ancient world--the commentator Servius wrote quite bluntly that "Virgil's intention was to imitate Homer and praise Augustus." But in the wake of the two world wars, scholars in the Anglosphere started to wonder whether there might not be a hint of menace behind Virgil's apparently rosy picture of imperial Rome. This week on Young Heretics: <em>the</em> definitive take on all this, plus recommendations for the best translation of the <em>Odyssey</em>.</p> <p>Check out our new Sponsor, Alithea Travel: <a href="https://www.alitheatravel.com/tours/strength-and-virtue">https://www.alitheatravel.com/tours/strength-and-virtue</a></p> <p>Order Light of the Mind, Light of the World (and rate it five stars): <a href="https://a.co/d/2QccOfM">https://a.co/d/2QccOfM</a></p> <p>Subscribe to be in the mailbag: <a href="https://rejoiceevermore.substack.com">https://rejoiceevermore.substack.com</a></p> <p>Read my essay on translating Homer: <a href="https://claremontreviewofbooks.com/homer-without-heroes/">https://claremontreviewofbooks.com/homer-without-heroes/</a></p>
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