Classics as a Bridge to the World

Shadi Bartsch on Translating Vergil, What’s Missing in the Stoic Revival, and the Problem of Interpretation

Shadi Bartsch is a professor of classics at the University of Chicago. A prolific scholar, she’s written, edited, and translated more than a dozen books, including Plato Goes to China, the award-winning Persius, and a widely acclaimed translation of Vergil’s Aeneid. She directs the Institute for the Formation of Knowledge, which encourages knowledge dev…