Greco-Roman Literature and Culture in the Imagination of Virginia¿s Tidewater Region, 1607¿1826 - The Empire of the Mind

This book explores the influence of classical Greek and Latin literature on the early settlers and residents of the Tidewater area of Virginia, such as Ovid translator George Sandys, William Strachey (survivor of the shipwreck which inspired The Tempest), Indian Trader William Byrd II, and Thomas Jefferson.