The Writer's Almanac from Sunday, October 15, 2017
One quibble.
Concerning the discussion of The Aeneid:
It is exactly backward to say that Aeneas “travelled home” to found Rome.
Yes, in the epic he founds Rome, but as one of the sons of Priam, the king of Troy, the story tells of Aeneas’s flight _from_ his home following the sack of Troy.
One quibble.
Concerning the discussion of The Aeneid:
It is exactly backward to say that Aeneas “travelled home” to found Rome.
Yes, in the epic he founds Rome, but as one of the sons of Priam, the king of Troy, the story tells of Aeneas’s flight _from_ his home following the sack of Troy.