Her mother, driven mad with grief, shows little interest in the happiness of her living Lavinia, though a princess, has had a troubled upbringing since the death of her brother and heir
On that same literary device and makes for an interesting read. Virgil himself based his Aeneas upon a minor character in Homer’s Iliad, so it’s a very playful take
He should have made her a more important character in his poem. Self-awareness over her destiny as the soothsayer poet (Virgil) admits that he has got someĭetails about her wrong, and as he becomes acquainted with her over his visitations, admits that Lavinia retains a certain amount of control and Rejection of other suitors for her hand in marriage. Writing her story but that he is dying he foretells Lavinia’s meeting the Trojan hero Aeneas and her Lavinia in the story meets a soothsayer poet whoĬomes to her at the sacred spring, or oracle, near her home and tells her he has written and is Lavinia, and a modern style of storytelling. Novel immersed in Roman myth and history but with a very modern feel to her lead character, Based on a minor character from the last few books of Virgil’s Aeneid, this is a beautifully written
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