{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"34 Circe Salon -- The Parallax","title":"Classical Studies 101 - The Aeneid - Book I","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/33485f17\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2384,"description":"And so we begin the greatest epic of the greatest empire the world has ever known.  Virgil's Aeneid, the epic tale of the founding of the Roman Empire. \nThe Aeneid tells the story of Aeneas, a Trojan hero who escaped the fall of Troy and traveled to Italy, where he became the ancestor of the Romans.  The poem consists of twelve books and covers Aeneas's adventures from his departure from Troy to his final quest to found the Roman people.\nSean Marlon Newcombe and Dr. Gary Stickel lead the journey.","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/mzd7NCkFi0dYGLlmJVfYmAF4557-6YIvUC4rqbXmuTY/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzIwODE2LzE2MTk4/Mzc2MTItYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}