Wednesday, December 4, 2024

Dec 4– From "The Aeneid" by Virgin (19 BC) translated by John Dryden

 The Trailer

Dec 4– From The Aeneid by Virgin (19 BC) translated by John Dryden

Summary: Dido works to seduce Aeneas during a hunt, the gods convince him to leave anyway. 

Commentary: I don't know if it's the translation, the content, or the fact that I'm not familiar with the out of order story, but I enjoy the Aeneid bits a lot less than the Odyssey ones.

No comments:

Post a Comment

Casually Completing Classics: 1984 Part 2 (Chapter 5)

 Winston goes to lunch. He hates everyone in the canteen. Production is up (even though it was down yesterday, doublethink)! The girl he wan...