Snakes on the Plain
February 26, 2025
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February 26, 2025
Snakes on the Plain
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<p>Hey look, it's some Greeks! Bearing gifts! What could possibly go wrong?</p> <p>Today the Trojans will find out the answer to that very question, which will take us (at <em>last</em>!) into the story of that freaking horse. In Virgil's masterful hands it becomes a parable of Greek rhetorical trickery, Odyssean danger, and above all Roman anxiety over just how we should feel about the Greeks. On the one hand, without them, there would be no <em>Aeneid</em>. On the other hand, they're...kinda sus. Plus: why you should read the <em>Aeneid </em>instead of letting Grok do it for you.</p> <p> Use code HERETICS to get 20% off Field of Greens: <a href="https://fieldofgreens.com">fieldofgreens.com</a></p> <p>Order Light of the Mind, Light of the World (and rate it five stars): <a href="https://a.co/d/2QccOfM">https://a.co/d/2QccOfM</a></p> <p>Subscribe to be in the mailbag: <a href="https://rejoiceevermore.substack.com">https://rejoiceevermore.substack.com</a></p>
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