He's mortal and so death will come for him one day.

She can do everything right. Keep him safe make sure no weapon spills the life out of him—delay the inevitable—but that won't stop him from dying.

From the moment he was concieved, he was a child whose birth brought his mother grief, and his death will bring her even more.

It's the one thing every god who loves their mortal children will have to face.

the classics bookclub discord server i co-run will soon start reading the aeneid, translated by shadi bartsch (author of my favourite monograph on the pharsalia……)

link to join the server here if you want to read it with us! you are welcome regardless of whether you have been into classics for a while or are entirely new to it :-)

we will be reading a book/chapter each week, in translation. we will be polling times for the weekly discussion voice call Soon so join nowish if you want to vote on that. but there’s also places to liveblog the text if you can’t/don’t want to join the call!