Aaaa, Virgil! I love him so much... I want to go read now. And I have to stick up for Aeneas, yeah, he's a bit of a prat, but he's a pawn of fate! The poem is all about the march of history and the inevitability of Augustus with a little bit of questioning thrown in there. And the end... Good lord I love it. I feel sorry for Turnis. And Camilla is my mythological girlfriend...

As for Guy Rogers... Heh. In my experience you either love the pompous man or you don't. The reason I love him is yes, he is brilliant, and the pure fact that he has a bit of an ego about it. His classes are lectures, period, and he has no problems ripping you apart for sharing an interpretation that he doesn't agree with. He's a traditionally trained Classicist. My advice, sit back, and just listen to him, try to take it all in. Don't take notes conspicuously, he hates that, he wants you to take your notes while reading and then come to class prepared for him to put it in context with you.

That was really long... Sorry.