Equal_Caregiver_4909

Equal_Caregiver_4909 OP t1_j6mjugn wrote

Reply to comment by natty-broski 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

Or... 'to thine own self be true' being said by a weak sychophant who is very soon stabbed after saying it.

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Equal_Caregiver_4909 OP t1_j6mjsl8 wrote

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.

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