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[-] cloudy1999@sh.itjust.works 15 points 11 months ago

Ah- Etruscan idols for all the Olympian Gods?! At this time of year, at this time of day, in this part of Italy, localized entirely within these seven hills?!

[-] MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca 12 points 11 months ago

This is a golden meme op, well done.

[-] match@pawb.social 8 points 11 months ago

honestly it's exactly the opposite because the Romans were hellenaboos

[-] Darkmuch@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Yup. I love the joke, but The Aeneid is basically how do we steal and build on the legacy of famous Greek mythos, The Iliad.

… by pretending that we were founded by Greek heroes and not just some Latin settlers.

[-] DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 3 points 11 months ago

Doesn't "Latin settlers" in this context basically mean "the settlers of Latium?"

[-] Darkmuch@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I was using the syntax I saw on Wikipedia which phrased it as

and the poem's second half tells of the Trojans' ultimately victorious war upon the Latins, under whose name Aeneas and his Trojan followers are destined to be subsumed.

[-] Pencilnoob@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

green day basket case music YOU CLAIM PANTHEOOOON THEY ARE OBVIOUSLY YONKED

https://youtu.be/vqCHdVOzetc?si=YD8e2qmuwnkFj6Xj

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