Male Pattern Baldric: Aeneid X, Part 2 (Ad Navseam, Episode 114)

This week there’s more gore in store for shor as Aeneas gets his rage on and goes full Achilles.  The carnage reaches such a fever pitch that it raises a number of sticky questions: Is Aeneas just a puppet of Fate? If so, can we hold him culpable for the horrible things he perpetrates on the battlefield?  When does embossing your baldric with mythic scenes stop being a flex and start being a “bit much”? Keep your head down, dodge those flying body parts, and see if you can tell who’s who as Aeneas meets his possible doppelganger between spear chuckings. You know what they say—double your alter ego symbolic foreshadowing stand-ins, double your fun.

 

Check out Jeff's new "Peregrinatio" series (Google Earth Archaeological Virtual Tours):

Ancient Dodona (the Oracle of Zeus)

Ancient Epidauros (the healing sanctuary of Asklepios)