The emperor Augustus commissioned Virgil to write the Aeneid, which came to be regarded as the foundational myth or national epic of Rome, and Virgil’s finest work. The poem tells the story of Aeneas, ...

On a recent road trip with my wife and kids, I found myself being tailgated by an apparently angry and impatient driver. I was going a few miles per hour over the speed limit as I passed a semi on a ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through the links below." Each night as I put my three-year-old son to bed we read our books, we sing our songs, and I tell ...

A couple of years ago, I stumbled across a line from the Stoic philosopher Seneca that has stuck with me ever since: “We suffer more in imagination than in reality.” I’ll be honest—I didn’t quite ...