{"date":"March 21","id":"03-21","intro":["Venus, mother of Æneas and wife of Vulcan, obtained from her husband, by seductive witchery, a marvelous shield whose surface reflected a thousand years of future events. Venus describes the wonders of the magic armor."],"minutes":20,"readings":[{"author":"Virgil","end":292,"start":280,"volume":13,"work":"Æneid"}],"slug":"march-21","status":"proofread","title":"1,000 Years of History on the Surface of a Shield","url":"/harvard-classics/march-21/","words":3922}