What this project is about. This one is from Book 13. Pompeo Batoni (1708–1787), Aeneas Fleeing from Troy (1753), oil on canvas, 76.7 × 97 cm, Galleria Sabauda, Turin, Italy. Wikimedia Commons. How long it took to read this (aloud): 8 mins 41s What it’s “about”: Aeneas - the Roman knock-off of Ulysses (as per... Continue Reading →
What this project is about. This one is from Book 13. Bernard Picart (1673–1733), Memnon, son of Eos and Tithonus (date not known), engraving, further details not known. Wikimedia Commons. How long it took to read this (aloud): 3 mins 56s What it’s “about”: Mum wants her dead son remembered. Words I didn’t know: none... Continue Reading →
What this project is about. This one is from Book 13. How long it took to read this (aloud): 2 mins 40s What it’s “about”: What it said on the tin. No horses though. Words I didn’t know: none Quotable quotes: Troy burned, nor had its fires guttered out, While Jove's shrine drank, a single... Continue Reading →
What this project is about. This one is from Book 11. How long it took to read this (aloud): 2 mins 7s What it’s “about”: Apollo sees Troy being built, gets a contract to help with that. The Trojan king stiffs Apollo and Neptune (why would you DO that??) and consequences ensue. Hercules sticks his... Continue Reading →
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