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Aeneas in the underworld

Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640) Aeneas in the underworld s.d. Oil on oak panel, 47 x 32 cm National Museum Wales, Cardiff The Trojan warrior Aeneas has ventured into the Underworld in search of his dead father. Horrified, he suddenly finds himself…

Hero (1992)

Accidental Hero Director: Stephen Frears Producer: Laura Ziskin Screenplay: David Webb Peoples Genre: Comedy | Drama | Romantic Music: George Fenton Country: United States Language: English Studio: Columbia Pictures Release date: 1992 Running time: 117 minutes Dustin Hoffman (1937) as…

Dido building Carthage (1815)

Turner, Joseph Mallord William (1775-1851) Dido building Carthage 1815 Oil on canvas, 155.5 x 230 cm National Gallery, London Turner’s painting is based on the English seventeenth-century author and poet John Dryden’s translation of the Aeneid, the monumental Latin poem written by…