210.5- A Story Being Told Again – Ovid’s Metamorphoses part II (Free)

    Metamorphoses – The text encompasses a supposed period of time from the creation of this world to the time of Augustus. What many do not realize is that it is also covering cycles of time to include this very moment of extreme change. Truly the path of the righteous is now beset on (more…)

210- Metamorphoses – Will the Butterfly Emerge? (Free)

    Metamorphoses – The text encompasses a supposed period of time from the creation of this world to the time of Augustus. What many do not realize is that it is also covering cycles of time to include this very moment of extreme change. I ask again, will the butterfly emerge or will the (more…)

172- Virgil’s Aeneid, Held as the Apex of Western Literature (Free)

The Aeneid is held up as the best of western literature and yet is no longer part of the learning curriculum in the west. It is an epic poem that relates how Rome was founded which almost no one is aware of these days. The hero is the Trojan Aeneas and his descendants are Romulus (more…)