Huh, Mr B has only just learned how to spell Aeneid. Who knew it had only one 'a' in the title? And he still can't pronounce it.
Also, Mr B wouldn't recognize a dactylic hexameter if he tripped over one in the street.
Anyway....
Virgil is not Mr B's favourite Roman poet, but The Aeneid moves right along. Shagging, fighting, drinking...great stuff. If only Virgil was not so po-faced. Mr B, as his readers would expect, is a huge fan of Catullus and Ovid.
The plot: defeated Trojans get the last laugh and found the Roman Empire. haha, fuck you, Greeks!
Aeneas, faithless bastard, shags then abandons Dido. Dido stabs herself in a fit of pique. Aeneas & co sail around the Med until they find Italy.
Aeneas's son whines for a bit then precociously learns how to chuck spears. Mr B has forgotten his name, sorry, but just imagine he's played by Wesley Crusher.
Native Italians are defeated. The faithless bastard is given a princess bride.
The end.
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Is it bad that I don't understand this?
They'll never let me in to school.
I wouldn't worry, unless you want to study Classics! Mr B read all this while at work, and may not have understood every nuance.
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