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Aug 2020
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The Man, the Myth, the Legend? Aeneas (T...

Liv Albert
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Guess who's back, back again? It's time to return to the Aeneid. Aeneas is in Carthage with its queen, Dido, and things are going well... for now. A brief recap of the earlier Aeneid episodes is included in the episodes, but for a list of those past episodes, see below.

 

CW/TW: far too many Greek myths involve assault. Given it's fiction, and typically involves gods and/or monsters, I'm not as deferential as I would be were I referencing the real thing.

 

Sources: Virgil's Aeneid, translated by Sarah Ruden. For past episodes on the Aeneid and Dido/Carthage, listen to:

LXXI: He's Greek & He's Roman, He's Making Juno Angry, He's Aeneas, Baby! (The Aeneid Part 1)

LXXII: Dido, the Badass Queen of Carthage (The Aeneid Part 2)

Mini Myth: Who Let a Woman Found a City?! Dido Beyond the Aeneid

LXXIII: Not That Damn Horse Again! (The Aeneid Part 3)

LXXVI: Aeneas Had a Wife in Troy! Ghost Creusa's Got Shit to Say (The Aeneid Part 4)

 

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