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The Trojans

The story of the wooden horse and the downfall of Troy is part of Virgil's epic poem, "The Aeneid." Performance Today talks with scholar Sarah Ruden about the musicality of Virgil's poetry and plays excerpts from Berlioz' opera, "The Trojans," performed by Colin Davis and the London Symphony.

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