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Seamus Heaney reflects on the lasting influence which Virgil has had on his poetry and on the Western literary tradition, in a talk illustrated with some of his own translations of the Roman poet's work.
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Tue 15 Jul 200823:00
BBC Radio 3
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- Tue 15 Jul 200823:00BBC Radio 3
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