3/14: a lightbulb moment

One of my students is trying to put together a research project for the summer but is having a little trouble coming up with something that will work well idea-wise, strutcture-wise, time-wise, and ability-wise. This morning I thought of a comparison project involving various translations of Vergil's Aeneid that I think will work very well and that gives the student a focus and structure but also space to make the project their own. And there are some recent translations of the Aeneid that seem like they'll be interesting to work on and explore.