Tales from the Great Epics

Marian Seldes performs an excerpt from Virgil’s Aeneid, Phylicia Rashad performs an excerpt from Dante’s Inferno, and a third actor performs an excerpt from Homer’s Illiad. These are just three of the most famous works from the oral literary tradition. From the wrath of Achilles to the swashbuckling adventures of the founder of Rome to the doomed love of Paolo and Francesca, these are gripping stories.