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Virgil's Aeneid: Ep. 7 Viscum ('The Golden Bough')

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It’s Spooky Season and so this week’s episode is a trip to the Underworld, as imagined by Virgil in Aeneid Book VI. But what does ‘Viscum’ mean? A 'parasitic plant' (no, that's not a new description of Aeneas!) and have you ever heard of 'birdlime'?

What links Meleager and Virgil? Would you trust the Sibyl? What's Plato’s The Myth of Er got to do with it, and which talisman would you take?

To listen to our bonus content, become a CA member today and head to our member area: ⁠https://classicalassociation.org/join-us/⁠

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⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Enjoy the rest of the series and our reading suggestions⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Read the Aeneid in Latin and English⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

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It’s Spooky Season and so this week’s episode is a trip to the Underworld, as imagined by Virgil in Aeneid Book VI. But what does ‘Viscum’ mean? A 'parasitic plant' (no, that's not a new description of Aeneas!) and have you ever heard of 'birdlime'?

What links Meleager and Virgil? Would you trust the Sibyl? What's Plato’s The Myth of Er got to do with it, and which talisman would you take?

To listen to our bonus content, become a CA member today and head to our member area: ⁠https://classicalassociation.org/join-us/⁠

Watch on ⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠ to view the texts at the same time.

Listen wherever you get your podcasts and find out more about the CA: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/the-classics-podcast⁠

Browse Caroline's work: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://carolinelawrence.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Enjoy the rest of the series and our reading suggestions⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Read the Aeneid in Latin and English⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Podcast theme music by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Transistor.fm⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Learn ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠how to start a podcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ here.

  continue reading

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