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In book four I found it very interesting how Venus and Juno used Dido and Aeneas as pawns in their game they were playing. This romance whic...

It's so interesting to me that in these ancient epics so full of blood and conquest, you often have these semi random interludes of the ...

When Aeneas gets to the underworld one of the first things he sees are the interesting “monsters”.  But then he is unafraid because they are...

This books descriprion of the underworld is much different then what I have encountered in past Greek literature. I've always imagined t...

The differences between the Greek and Roman perception of the Underworld were unexpected to me. I expected for us to go to the Underworld we...

I love the imagery used when Dido is convinced by Anna's advice to let her romantic passions take over. The intricate layout of the sa...

I thought the portrayal of hell was interesting for a few reasons. First, the souls of those who were there seemed more human than spirit. T...