The Western Canon: The Theocratic Age (Part Two)
Explore the Western Canon's Theocratic Age, Part Two, featuring Virgil's The Aeneid, Heaney's Beowulf, and the Norse Eddas—essential poetry and books shaping the theocratic western tradition.
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The Aeneid
by Virgil
Recounts the adventures of the Trojan prince Aeneas, who helped found Rome, after the fall of Troy.
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Beowulf
by Seamus Heaney
Presents a new translation of the Anglo-Saxon epic chronicling the heroic adventures of Beowulf, the Scandinavian warrior who saves his people from the ravages of the monster Grendel and Grendel's mother.
