In the climax to one of the great stories of the Aeneid, Dido perishes by her own hand on Aeneas’s own sword. See the illustrated blog post here and follow the story in Latin and English here.
Boethius’s reminder that there are higher truths which transcend the turmoil of human life seems apt to the age of Covid. See the poem here and the illustrated blog here.
The Gods have spoken and Aeneas prepares to obey their order to leave Dido behind. Hear the poem and follow in English here: see the illustrated blog post here.
Horace draws a lesson from the history of Rome’s desperate struggles against Carthage and the story of a traditional hero: Regulus. Hear and follow the poem here and see the illustrated blog post here.