The Aeneid

Of all the books I've read to make people think I'm smart, this was the toughest to get through. I think it's that ancient propaganda vibe that got me. I read it after the Iliad and then the Odyssey and discovered I really don't have the same affinity for the Roman stuff. Obviously it's a little silly to give three stars to an ancient masterpiece but if you're thinking of reading this for the same shallow reasons as me, maybe don't. In retrospect I would much rather have read a book about the Aeneid before reading the Aeneid maybe then I would have had the context and enthusiasm to give this more than 3 stars.

An epic poem by the latin authorist Virgil. For the uninitiated, this can be a hard read but worth it.

Loved Dido. But did the latter third have to be so bloody?

El primer fanfiction de la historia?

Pregunta:
Que libro relata los viajes y hazañas de un guerrero que sale del sitio de troya en busca de su hogar pero tarda años en llegar porque un dios le tiene mania?
La odisea? Si, claro! Y la Eneida

Pregunta:
Que libro relata guerra entre troyanos detras de una muralla y los ejercitos enemigos, centrada en la lucha entre sus dos guerreros mas importantes?
La iliada? Por supuesto, y la Eneida.

Virgilio toma a uno de los participantes de la guerra de troya (Eneas) y le hace vivir su propia guerra de troya y odisea. Copia descaradamente a un poeta griego mientras pone a parir a los griegos y todo lo que representan. A la vez ensalza a Roma, al imperio y a Augusto que es quien paga.

Fanfiction con publicidad

No le doy la peor puntuacion porque Virgilio escribe realmente bien.

I have a feeling that I'm going to get crucified by someone for only giving this book one star out of five. However, I feel it's entirely justified, because while I do recognize the historical and cultural imporance of the book, it still almost put me to sleep on several occasions before I was able to finish it. [return]One of the things I found most noteworthy, and almost most sad, about the Aenid is that it seems to suffer from some sort of inferiority complex. Virgil quite obviously wanted to write something on par with the work of Homer; however, the transparency of that desire greatly reduces the quality of it. The prime difference, I feel, is that Homer seemed to write to transmit the culture and history of his people: Virgil wrote to create propoganda and justify the existence of an empire. As an early example of art being used to political ends, it is interesting, but beyond that I could not enjoy it.