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Virgil's Aeneid: Ep. 12 fidus (Summary & Book 3)

Dec 3, 2025
47 mins

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Episode Description

Our final episode has a summary of the series to date and then jumps into Book 3 as Katrina explains why 'The Wanderings' is a bit of a misnomer, and Caroline takes us through the smellscape of Aeneas' voyage from Troy to Carthage. We meet Helenus and Achates, two 'fidus' (faithful) sidekick companions and rate Aeneas' powers of storytelling.


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