# Why should you read Virgil's "Aeneid"?

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED-Ed
- Speaker: Mark Robinson
- Year: 2017
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: History, Literature and writing, Teaching and learning
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/mark_robinson_why_should_you_read_virgil_s_aeneid)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

In 19 BC, the Roman poet Virgil suffered heatstroke and died on his journey back to Italy. On his deathbed, he thought about the manuscript he had been working on for over ten years, an epic poem called the "Aeneid." Unsatisfied with the final edit, he asked his friends to burn it. But they refused, and soon after Virgil’s death, Augustus ordered it to be published. Why? Mark Robinson explains. \[Directed by Jeremiah Dickey, narrated by Adrian Dannatt\].

## Lectures

1. [Why should you read Virgil's "Aeneid"?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/mark_robinson_why_should_you_read_virgil_s_aeneid/a531fffec0bb), 6 min (TED's player)