Leggere Virgilio - oggi?

I don't usually repost Italian material on this blog, but Francesco's piece below is too interesting not to acknowledge it. To the question, 'Why would you read Virgil today?', von Albrecht gives a number of convincing answers. First, he finds in Virgil a commentator of times not dissimilar from ours. Then, he points out the poet's capacity for story-te…