#and at one point he cannot distinguish between that time he invented the underworld for his aeneas
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“Lavinia,” Ursula K. Le Guin
#I devoured this and am still reeling#the only retelling worth existing#ursula k. le guin#knows vergil by heart and loves him dearly and honours him every step of the way#her lavinia knows the ambarvalia song and understands it;#her lavinia does not know venus as the greek goddess of love and lust#but when vergil quotes to her the beginning of the de rerum natura she is swept away because those words put a name to her religious feeling#her lavinia meets vergil when he is on the verge of dying and by virtue of this liminal state he knows it all but only through a veil#and at one point he cannot distinguish between that time he invented the underworld for his aeneas#and that other time he travelled the underworld with a man he met in a deep dark wood and I was SCREAMING#btw I loved it please everybody read it#tagamemnon#lavinia#arma virumque cano#vergil#the aeneid
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