tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730513615909994019.post6311484221638549198..comments2024-03-25T07:54:22.672+00:00Comments on Pop Classics: Chelmsford 123: What's Your Poison?Juliettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00203399623895589924noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730513615909994019.post-64663547104160844862010-01-26T20:26:43.323+00:002010-01-26T20:26:43.323+00:00I've always found the [i]Aeneid[/i] to be a ve...I've always found the [i]Aeneid[/i] to be a very poor work, with the exception of the underworld and possibly the fall of Troy. (The Dido episode just doesn't work for me. Things seem to happen because they are supposed to happen and nobody's motivations and actions really make sense, even acounting for divine intervention.) <br /><br />Of course, Vergil also thought it was terrible. He wanted it destroyed when he died, as it was unfinished and he wasn't really happy with any of it. His literary executors disobeyed his wishes and cobbled the finished work together out of his notes and drafts. But that sixth book. Ooooh, it'll make your hair stand on end.<br /><br />And I'm guessing there's some sort of joke about the name Badvok, but I'm not seeing it.DemetriosXnoreply@blogger.com