#did he know the fate that awaited his son? the ends that his pietas would drive him to?

[thoodleoo]

hey so when helenus calls anchises felix nati pietate. i'm gonna need to write a whole 8-10 page article breaking down my feelings on that one.

#i mean first off the only word there that isnt COMPLETELY loaded with meaning is nati #but think about it. think about it. #happy/fortunate/blessed/fecund with the [pietas] of your son. but is he really. IS HE REALLY #anchises who dies neither in troy nor in italy. who is buried in the liminal space between the home he knew and the home he will never know #anchises who sees the future that is destined for his people as he roams the lands of dis and warns this very son: #spare the conquered and beat down the proud #did he know the fate that awaited his son? the ends that his pietas would drive him to? #has the anchises of the underworld read the rest of the aeneid? does he send his son through the gate of false dreams #hoping beyond hope to free him from the story that is to come? #aeneidposting