Mary Beard

“there is not a day since 19 BCE, when the poet Virgil died, when someone has not been reading his great epic poem, 'The Aeneid'”

“the book that was composed almost 3,000 years ago”

“I'm sure that there is not a day since 19 BCE, when the poet Virgil died, when someone has not been reading his great epic poem, "The Aeneid," telling the story of the foundation of Rome.”

“It's adapting a book that was composed almost 3,000 years ago.”