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CENTRE PLACE LECTURES
Lectures and discussion on history, theology, philosophy, religious studies, comparative religion, neuroscience, and more.
| History | Theology | Philosophy | Archaeology | Judaism | Christianity | Islam | LGBTQ
The Aeneid: Rome's Founding Myth | The Romans believed their ancestor Aeneas fled the doomed city of Troy after the Trojan War. The Emperor Augustus’ great poet Virgil retold the tale in his epic, The Aeneid. What does the myth of Aeneas’ flight say about how the Romans viewed their character and identity and what is their true origin? |
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