Aeneid
Boxing, Wrestling, Defining A Hero: The Significance Of Sport In Epic Literature
As far back as the first known literature in Europe, sport has been a crucial narrative device. More than that, however, it has defined what it is to be a warrior, and what it is to be a man.
My Days of Bibliomancy with Virgil's 'Aeneid'
I first read about sortes virgilianae in Nassim Nicholas Taleb's book, 'Antifragile.' He described the heuristic technique and said it was a little trick he used when faced with a big business decision. The gist of it is this: Open Virgil's 'Aeneid...
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