At the urging of mom (Venus) Aeneas finally decides to bolt from Troy, but not before encountering a cowering Helen lurking in the shadows. His instinct is for bloody vengeance, but once again Fate has other ideas and dust brooms our hero out the gates. Aeneas is able to save his dad and son (and meet other haggard Trojans by the ol’ cypress tree) but discovers his wife as a ghost. Creusa tells him her heart will go on and then gives him the “Hesperia” prophecy (for about the zillionth time). Then its on to Book 3! Aeneas now has a vague kind of destiny but where will it lead? Hey, Thrace! Let’s offramp here! NO. Delos? UH-UH. Oh Crete, then, right? TRY AGAIN. And is this Book killer or filler (like that 4th track on every Bon Jovi album)? As the Trojans slowly shed their past, brace yourself for the creepiest gardening you’ve ever encountered, stanky bird-women, and the culinary oddity of “eating one’s tables”. What is that, some kind of ancient bread bowl? Dardanian Flatizza?
The Census of Quirinius in the Gospel of Luke, Chapter 2 (Ad Navseam, Episode 107)
The First Time Ever I Saw Your Faces: Janus and Camilla in Aeneid Book VII, Part 3 (Ad Navseam, Episode 106)
The Fury’s Still Out on this One: Allecto in Aeneid Book VII, Part 2 (Ad Navseam, Episode 105)
William Morrell and Epic Poetry in Colonial New England (Ad Navseam, Episode 104)
Eye of the Tiber: Aeneid Book VII, Part 1 (Ad Navseam, Episode 103)
Dis is where it Ends: Aeneid Book VI, Part 4 (Ad Navseam, Episode 102)
If Dis is It, Please Let me Know: Aeneid Book VI, Part 3 (Ad Navseam, Episode 101)
Gouda Nuff for Now: The Cheesy Clip Show (Ad Navseam, Episode 100)
The Palladium (Gvrgle 5)
Memorizing Latin: The Why and Some What, Part 2 (Gvrgle 4)
Dis is the Place: Aeneid Book VI, Part 2 (Ad Navseam, Episode 99)
Use Your Allusion I: Classics in Pop Music (Ad Navseam, Episode 98)
Bough Wow: Vergil’s Aeneid Book VI, Part 1 (Ad Navseam, Episode 97)
Royal Boxing Day: Vergil’s Aeneid Book V, Part 2 (Ad Navseam, Episode 96)
Regatta Love It: Vergil’s Aeneid Book V, Part 1 (Ad Navseam, Episode 95)
The Renaissance Idea of the Dignity of Man (Ad Navseam, Episode 94)
Come on Baby Light My Pyre: Vergil’s Aeneid Book IV, Part 4 (Ad Navseam, Episode 93)
It’s Not You, It’s Me: Aeneid Book IV Part 3 (Ad Navseam, Episode 92)
Bride and Gloom: Aeneid Book IV, Part 2 (Ad Navseam, Episode 91)
To Live and Let Dido: Aeneid Book IV, Part 1 (Ad Navseam, Episode 90)
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