The Aenea is kind of this incredible story, right? Aeneas, this dude who's fleeing from his homeland with Zoldad on his back and trying to grab his kid before everything burns to rubble. But ultimately it's the story of the founding of the most important empire ever. And so it's kind of this like trauma turned to growth sort of story.
In Virgil's epic poem, The Aeneid, few Trojans survive the destruction of their city at the hands of their Greek enemies. A prince, Aeneas, leads a band of those fleeing Troy - but the journey is fraught with deadly storms and hungry monsters.
But Aeneas takes a positive view of the struggles he and the other Trojans face, telling them to be proud of their resilience and courage. With the help of MIT classics professor Stephanie Frampton, Dr Laurie Santos explores how The Aeneid can be read as a tale of post-traumatic growth and how we can sometimes emerge happier and stronger from tragic events.
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