The Aeneid by Vergil, translated by Sarah Ruden

Despite the name, television drama The Sopranos has nothing to do with opera - or does it?

History Lesson: A Race Odyssey by Mary Lefkowitz

The new transatlantic buzzword is actually a very old one — ancient Greek, in fact. Thumos is defined by Robert Kagan as “a spiritedness and ferocity in defence of clan, tribe, city, or state”.