Virgil's Purple Prose? No, definitely not, but the Aeneid is replete with interesting uses of the word 'purpureus' and in this episode we look at purple as a colour of beauty, death, danger and eroticism - as well as shades of gold and the mystery of Lavinia's blush! 💜 Did you know that the colour purple in ancient Rome was a symbol of power and decadence but its origins are Phoenician? Camilla is our bonus feature this week: 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-podcastBrowse Caroline's work: https://carolinelawrence.com/Enjoy the rest of the series and our reading suggestionsRead the Aeneid in Latin and EnglishPodcast theme music by Transistor.fm. Learn how to start a podcast here.
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Virgil's Aeneid: Ep. 10 Lacrimae (Book 12)
Is the Aeneid fundamentally a melancholy poem? We revisit the Optimists and Pessimists whilst looking at examples of 'tears' and weeping, learning about the scholar Adam Parry, exploring Virgil’s use of apostrophes and brilliant half-lines, and taking a proper look at the closing scene of book 12, when Aeneas is enraged by sorrow to commit a terrible act...Enter our Verse and Voice Competition Read Adam Parry's article hereTo 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-podcastBrowse Caroline's work: https://carolinelawrence.com/Enjoy the rest of the series and our reading suggestionsRead the Aeneid in Latin and EnglishPodcast theme music by Transistor.fm. Learn how to start a podcast here.
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Virgil's Aeneid: Ep. 9 Pater (Fathers and Sons)
In this episode, politics come to the forefront as Katrina explains the historical context to Augustus' principate and the grizzly proscriptions (cw: violence) and Caroline explains two different schools of thought about Virgil's poetic intentions: the Optimists and the Pessimists.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-podcastBrowse Caroline's work: https://carolinelawrence.com/Enjoy the rest of the series and our reading suggestionsRead the Aeneid in Latin and EnglishPodcast theme music by Transistor.fm. Learn how to start a podcast here.
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Virgil's Aeneid: Ep. 8 'Pius' - Traitors Edition
Was Aeneas a pious Faithful or a deceptive Traitor? Caroline and Katrina explore the importance of 'pietas' in the Aeneid, spill the tea on the latest episodes of Celebrity Traitors and discuss morality and heroism - is Aeneas perhaps more like Odysseus than we think?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-podcastBrowse Caroline's work: https://carolinelawrence.com/Enjoy the rest of the series and our reading suggestionsRead the Aeneid in Latin and EnglishPodcast theme music by Transistor.fm. Learn how to start a podcast here.
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Virgil's Aeneid: Ep. 7 Viscum ('The Golden Bough')
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-podcastBrowse Caroline's work: https://carolinelawrence.com/Enjoy the rest of the series and our reading suggestionsRead the Aeneid in Latin and EnglishPodcast theme music by Transistor.fm. Learn how to start a podcast here.
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