Aeneid

Latin epic poem by Virgil

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2023
Andromache
Andromache appears as a main character in the fictional retelling 'Horses of Fire' by A.D. Rhine.
2021 Shadi Bartsch completed an English verse translation of the Aeneid.
2020 Len Krisak created an English verse translation of the Aeneid.
2018
Andromache
Chloe Pirrie portrays Andromache in the TV miniseries Troy: Fall of a City.
2018
Pasiphaë
Pasiphaë is featured in Madeline Miller's novel Circe as the sister of the protagonist, depicted as a witch who has intercourse with the Cretan Bull and calls on her sister to help with the Minotaur's birth.
2017 David Ferry produced an English verse translation of the Aeneid.
2015 Barry B. Powell completed an English verse translation of the Aeneid.
2013
Pasiphaë
Pasiphaë appears as a major antagonist in Rick Riordan's fantasy novel The House of Hades, portrayed as an immortal sorceress who allies with Gaea against the Olympian gods and is ultimately defeated by the demigod Hazel Levesque.
2011 The Advanced Placement Latin curriculum continues to assign a central position to the Aeneid, designing an exam to test students' ability to read, translate, and analyze the poem's lines.

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