Care and Leadership in Vergil’s Aeneid

Dido and Aeneas, both founders of major cities, offer paradigms of leadership that revolve around care: the care they take for others and how they manage the cares they feel or suppress. Although perfectly matched, their tempestuous love affair results in Dido’s destruction and the future destruction of Carthage, whereas Aeneas goes on to set Rome on a secure course. Or does he? The language of security and care in the Aeneid suggest that the city to come will never fully achieve peace of mind.

Presented by

Michèle Lowrie, Andrew W. Mellon Professor, Classics and the College

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