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> classical texts are enmeshed in a dense web of relationships that can surprise and invigorate us, even after thousands of years

"[E]nmeshed in a web of relationships", i.e., intertextual[1].

Further reading: Hermann Broch's novel, The Death of Virgil, and Simone Weil's lesser known compilation of writings, Intimations of Christianity Among the Ancient Greeks.

1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intertextuality

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The web of relationships extends to music as well. After reading that Broch novel, one might enjoy the cycle of works by Jean Barraqué that took their inspiration from The Death of Virgil.

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> The web of relationships extends to music as well.

Reminds me of a recent, first time listen of John Cale's rendition of Dylan Thomas's "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1dX00JlTF0