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21 May 2008 9:05 PM, PDT | avclub.com | See recent The AV Club news »

In Virgil's epic The Aeneid, Lavinia of Latium is a minor character. She doesn't even show up until the last six books of the poem, and when she does arrive, it's to serve as a sub-par Helen Of Troy, driving men to battle simply by what she represents. Aeneas needs to marry her to secure his position in a strange country, while Turnus, a local king, isn't willing to step aside for a group of foreigners. The epic ends with Aeneas slaying Turnus in a rage after Turnus surrenders to him. There's no mention of the wedding that must've followed, the life Lavinia would've had with the stranger who basically conquered her country in pursuit of her, or what she felt about any of it. Which isn't Virgil's problem—it's a long poem, but there's a lot of ground to cover, and the feelings of one teenage pawn are easy. »

- Zack Handlen

1 item from 2008