Episode · Conversations with Tyler · 2021-04-21
Books mentioned on Shadi Bartsch on the Classics and China
A self-professed nerd, the young Shadi Bartsch could be found awake late at night, reading Latin under the covers of her bed by flashlight. Now a professor of Classics at the University of Chicago, Dr.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Aeneid
The Aeneid is a foundational classical Latin epic poem written by Virgil between 29 and 19 BC, telling the legendary story of Aeneas, a Trojan who fled to Italy and became the ancestor of the Romans.
Discussed“there's your new translation which i thought was wonderful sarah rudens which is quite good margaret drabble covers virgil right a.s byatt ursula le guin writes the tale of lavinia”
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The fourth eclogue of Virgil
Discussed“the second reason is that virgil also wrote a poem called the fourth eclog in which he speaks very mysteriously about a child that will be born who will start a golden age”
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The Civil War
Discussed“why does reading lukan's the civil war make more sense in 2021 than it might have 30 years ago”
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Metamorphoses
Discussed“how does that complete the picture but ovid had the metamorphoses”
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Heroides
Discussed“and also in heroic seven which is a poem shaped like a letter written by dido to anaes”
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The golden asse of Lucius Apuleius
The golden asse of Lucius Apuleius by Ovid, Lucius Apuleius, and numerous editors and translators is a classic ancient Roman novel that follows a protagonist who is accidentally transformed into a donkey and embarks on a series of misadventures throughout greater Greece.
Recommended“and ditto for um epileus's golden ass in which a guy gets turned into a donkey and goes wandering around um greater grease getting into all sorts of trouble”
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Own book Plato Goes to China
“now you have another book coming out soon called plato goes to china when is that due out”