Hektoen International

A Journal of Medical Humanities

Tag: Aeneid

  • Virgil and ancient anthrax

    Matthew TurnerHershey, Pennsylvania, United StatesMichael LawsonSan Antonio, Texas, United States The ancient Roman poet Virgil (70–19 BC), widely considered by contemporaries and historians as the greatest of the Latin poets, is most well known today for the epic poem the Aeneid.1 Born to a rural family, Virgil often glorified the agrarian culture of the early…