Equal_Caregiver_4909 OP t1_j6mjsl8 wrote on January 31, 2023 at 11:47 AM

Reply to comment by Danhuangmao in TIL That the character who first said the phrase "fortune favours the bold" - Turnus, in the Aeneid, spends the rest of the story suffering military defeats before he's killed and heads to the underworld, miserable, at the end of the last book. by Equal_Caregiver_4909

It was also written for Augustus, who claimed to be a descendant of Aeneas, and so character flaws in Aeneas can be seen as veiled criticisms of the current leader.

HereComesCunty t1_j6njyq9 wrote on January 31, 2023 at 4:28 PM

Ahh Aeneas, Dido’s bane