Sarah Ruden is a translator, poet, and journalist whose books include The Face of Water : A Translator on Beauty and Meaning in the Bible and translations of Augustine’s Confessions and Vergil’s Aeneid. This essay is adapted from her forthcoming book, Vergil: The Poet’s Life, to be published in August by Yale University Press.
Sarah Ruden
Will the Real Vergil Please Stand Up?
Making sense of the life of a poet about whom we know so little
by Sarah Ruden | Thursday, August 17, 2023
Feast of Eden
A look at humanity’s most famous star-crossed couple
by Sarah Ruden | Tuesday, September 05, 2017
Riddles for the Afterlife
Decoding the hieroglyphs that accompanied the dead pharaohs
by Sarah Ruden | Monday, December 07, 2015
Golden Rules
Wealth and culture in early Christian times