One of the African-American poet’s most famous works is To Maecenas, written in 1773. Gaius Cilnius Maecenas (c.70 BC-c. 8 BC) was a Roman politician and patron of the poets Virgil and Horace. His ...

English composer Henry Purcell’s Dido & Aeneas, based on Book IV of Roman poet Virgil’s epic The Aeneid ... It’s easily accessible for a person who is not used to opera. It’s colourful. It’s easy to ...

That doesn't sound like someone who's learned from their past mistakes and is growing as a person. Roman Reigns simply wants things to go back to how they were, which is a nostalgic outlook for ...

Credit: Lalupa / Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 3.0 Many people are familiar with the legend of Romulus ... In the Aeneid, written in the first century BC by Virgil, Prince Aeneas of Troy is described as ...

It’s not simply just lawyers, business people and athletes that Notre Dame has produced, however. Actor, astronaut, and United States Secretary of State are just a few of the titles some of Notre Dame ...

MOGADISHU, Somalia – Nageye Khalif and Abdiwahid Gama’did, both young and renowned poets from Somaliland, a breakaway region of Somalia, are seen standing in military uniforms, armed with AK-47s. The ...

In our column “What I Can’t Live Without,” we’ve interviewed hundreds of famous people about their favorite products — and here, we’re going deep into their favorite fragrances.

For a little while, the player who has felt the most likely to extend his stay at Anfield has been captain Virgil van Dijk. Van Dijk has been ‘brilliant’ this season according to Troy Deeney – and ...

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