When I think of epics I think of larger than life characters. Tragic Queen Dido committing suicide over being spurned by her lover, patriotic Turnus rousing a country to arms against an enemy invader, spirited warrior-princess Camilla showing that Italian women can hold their own in a fight with men, pious Aeneas obeying the will [...]
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Booklist 2009 # 19: The Aeneid by Virgil (trans. Robert Fagles)
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