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Book 1 of 15. Great start to this epic poem. A lot of overlapping history and mythology that even my brain could recognize: creation story, Greek vs Roman gods, and Roman politics.
— Dec 01, 2025 06:53AM
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Rachel
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Book XI
Even Bacchus has limits to violence
Midas gets the gold and loses his touch (plus donkey ears)
The (?) love story of Peleus and Thetis (Achilles parents)
Ceyx (should’ve listened to his wife) and Alcyone’s (doomed like Cassandra) easily avoided tragic love story (but at least they end up together as birds)
— 1 hour, 45 min ago
Even Bacchus has limits to violence
Midas gets the gold and loses his touch (plus donkey ears)
The (?) love story of Peleus and Thetis (Achilles parents)
Ceyx (should’ve listened to his wife) and Alcyone’s (doomed like Cassandra) easily avoided tragic love story (but at least they end up together as birds)
Rachel
is on page 306 of 723
Book IX and X
Hercules outsmarts a god, gets the girl, is killed by the girl, and becomes a god
Byblis should’ve been a god because they get to have sibling spouses
Iphis and Ianthe’s story could’ve been wildly different if Iphis’s father wasn’t so misogynistic
Orpheus loses Eurydice (twice)
Pygmalion loves a statue into life
Myrrha (see Byblis)
Venus = lovely and terrifying
— 2 hours, 50 min ago
Hercules outsmarts a god, gets the girl, is killed by the girl, and becomes a god
Byblis should’ve been a god because they get to have sibling spouses
Iphis and Ianthe’s story could’ve been wildly different if Iphis’s father wasn’t so misogynistic
Orpheus loses Eurydice (twice)
Pygmalion loves a statue into life
Myrrha (see Byblis)
Venus = lovely and terrifying
Rachel
is on page 244 of 723
Book VIII
Daedalus’s full story is quite revealing- trapped on Crete he builds a labyrinth to keep the Minotaur trapped. This was only necessary because he helped Minos wife rape a bull. He was trapped on Crete because he murdered his teenage nephew because he has an inferiority complex.
On a lighter note - Baucis and Philemon are adorable.
— 22 hours, 39 min ago
Daedalus’s full story is quite revealing- trapped on Crete he builds a labyrinth to keep the Minotaur trapped. This was only necessary because he helped Minos wife rape a bull. He was trapped on Crete because he murdered his teenage nephew because he has an inferiority complex.
On a lighter note - Baucis and Philemon are adorable.
Rachel
is on page 207 of 723
Book VI & VII
The ladies have a really bad run here
Medea is really powerful and spiteful and fell for the wrong guy
Procris and Cephalus are an example of worst case scenario when you don’t trust your spouse
— Dec 24, 2025 11:19PM
The ladies have a really bad run here
Medea is really powerful and spiteful and fell for the wrong guy
Procris and Cephalus are an example of worst case scenario when you don’t trust your spouse
Rachel
is on page 150 of 723
Book V
Start with a comical fight between Perseus and Phineus over Andromeda
Finish with the Muses & Calliope giving voice to many women (Ceres - mother of Proserpina, Cyane - who tried to save Proserpina, Arethusa - aided and calmed Ceres and then ran from her own would be rapist)
— Dec 15, 2025 08:22AM
Start with a comical fight between Perseus and Phineus over Andromeda
Finish with the Muses & Calliope giving voice to many women (Ceres - mother of Proserpina, Cyane - who tried to save Proserpina, Arethusa - aided and calmed Ceres and then ran from her own would be rapist)
Rachel
is on page 126 of 723
Book IV
Going to have to add Virgil to my reading list
The Minyads share some more stories of gods getting angry
Juno and Jove are menaces to society
Something really beautiful about Cadmus and Harmonia living life as friendly snakes
Perseus slays Medusa, saves and weds Andromeda, and brags about it (not told in that order)
— Dec 11, 2025 09:33AM
Going to have to add Virgil to my reading list
The Minyads share some more stories of gods getting angry
Juno and Jove are menaces to society
Something really beautiful about Cadmus and Harmonia living life as friendly snakes
Perseus slays Medusa, saves and weds Andromeda, and brags about it (not told in that order)
Rachel
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Pyramus and Thisbe - the original star-crossed lovers who inspired Shakespeare
— Dec 11, 2025 08:04AM
Rachel
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Book III
Poor Echo, forever doomed to never speak her own words
Bacchus, born from 2 wombs (one of which was his father’s thigh), who Pentheus wrongly assumes is all about partying
— Dec 07, 2025 08:35PM
Poor Echo, forever doomed to never speak her own words
Bacchus, born from 2 wombs (one of which was his father’s thigh), who Pentheus wrongly assumes is all about partying
Rachel
is on page 68 of 723
Book II
Getting lots of lore here. Lots of rape (the assault and abduction kinds). Lots of transformations (into statues, cows, trees, and constellations). Phaethon has a most tragic trajectory. Should’ve listened to his father.
— Dec 02, 2025 05:26PM
Getting lots of lore here. Lots of rape (the assault and abduction kinds). Lots of transformations (into statues, cows, trees, and constellations). Phaethon has a most tragic trajectory. Should’ve listened to his father.
Rachel
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Ovid (43 BC- 17/18 AD) already knows the earth is round and humans are made up of a lot of water. A poet and a man of science.
— Nov 29, 2025 07:59AM
