...belated response... (re: Aeneas)

Brett M. Grace · 23 Jan 2003, 03:00 · from urth-v0301.mbox · original

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From: "Brett M. Grace" <bgrace at mac.com>
Subject: Re: (urth) ...belated response... (re: Aeneas)
Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2003 19:00:57 -0800
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> BTW - my memory's about as bad as Latro's, but wasn't he supposed to=20
> be Aeneas, and the series the story of his adventures pre-Rome?  Did I=20
> read that somewhere, a Wolfe I/V perhaps, or am I finally losing it=20
> for real?
>
> ->Zx<-

    Doubtful, because he is plainly already Roman given the historical=20
context, and other cluse (his reaction to seeing the Roman standard);=20
the events of the Soldier books happen 400-900 years after Aeneas' time=20
(mythically speaking).  I'm not sure when the eagle came into wide usage=20
so that may be an anachronism in the book.  Or perhaps now I'm=20
misremembering :)

    Even if you are losing it for real (finally!), you've still managed=20
to intrigue me on the point of how the Soldier books draw from and=20
invert the epic homecoming framework.  Latro's "blindness" forces him to=20
become his own storyteller, and in a way the vengeful goddess is also=20
The Muse driving the story.

    It probably wouldn't be very instructive but I wonder what the map=20
of Latro's journey looks like compared to the speculative waypoints of=20
Odysseus and Aeneas.

BMG



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