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sickfreaksirkay · 1 year ago

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no one talk to me about how the word virgil uses to describe aeneas killing turnus means "to bury [his sword]" but also means "to found [a city]". christ

#like... killing turnus is what's required for rome to be founded... ohh im emo #i AM a proud turnus fanboy the likes of which virgil was not prepared for when he wrote the aeneid #also aeneas speech to turnus about pallas is literally heartbreaking you can feel his grief through the text #i dont think any english translation ive ever read or done has done it justice compared to the original latin #the verb is condo btw which also happens to be the verb of all time #the aeneid

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