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Civilization #30 - Dante as the Second Coming of Homer

Prof Jiang’s Predictive History (The Story of Civilization, Secret History, Game Theory and more)

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Virgil as 'Holy Fire' for Later Poets

Statius praises Virgil as poetic inspiration, revealing the cultural hold of the Aeneid and complicating Virgil's reliability.

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