Is This the End of the Aeneid?
October 31, 2025
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October 31, 2025
Is This the End of the Aeneid?
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<p>It's time to talk about the shocking, the dramatic, the THRILLING and also, the kind of confusing end of Virgil's Aeneid. What a journey it's been! The story is never truly over, but as we leave Aeneas behind we have to ask--did Virgil mean for it to end this way? With Turnus' blood spilled ruthlessly on the ground and after that, the dark? Some say no--this is an incomplete ending that would have horrified the Emperor Augustus. I say yes--and Augustus would have been delighted. What do you say? </p> <p>Check out our new Sponsor, Alithea Travel: <a href="https://www.alitheatravel.com/tours/strength-and-virtue">https://www.alitheatravel.com/tours/strength-and-virtue</a></p> <p><span class="yt-core-attributed-string--link-inherit-color" dir="auto">Read my latest essay on AI cand ancient Jewish wisdom: <a href="https://www.civitasinstitute.org/research/ai-and-the-divine-test">https://www.civitasinstitute.org/research/ai-and-the-divine-test</a> </span></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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