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You all are probably tired of hearing about the Aeneid, but I just have to share this bit of an incredibly cool speech that Juno gets:

“But if my powers
Are not great enough, why should I hesitate
To seek help from any source whatever?
If I cannot sway Heaven, I will awaken Hell!”

Tagged: #not at all favorably portrayed but unmistakably badass #also i like venus here but juno's call-out of her re: paris was very satisfying

Current Location: Washington
Current Music: Twilight (Electric Light Orchestra)

Back to my Aeneid notes, and I really love this description of the morning star:

Like the Morning Star, loved by Venus
As no other star, when it rises from Ocean,
A sacred light in the sky melting the dark.

Eärendil!!!

Tagged: #look this has reminded me of tolkien multiple times but ESPECIALLY this passage

Current Location: Washington
Current Music: Don't Stop (Fleetwood Mac)

Finally finished the Aeneid! And this section included the truly amazing:

Murranus was boasting of his ancient lineage
Stretching back to Latin kings, when Aeneas
Hit him with a huge stone

Tagged: #rip virgil you deserve it for those three lines alone

Current Location: Washington
Current Music: Dust In the Wind (Kansas)

heckofabecca responded to this post:

I have to read Virgil either this week or next

I replied:

Good luck! IDK what translation you have, but the one I’m using is very readable—despite the whining, I’ve mostly enjoyed it :)

Current Location: Washington
Current Music: Telephone Line (Electric Light Orchestra)