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Madness

Dido's arc is from proud queen to emotional collapse, including the thought of begging to become a slave girl if it keeps her near Aeneas.

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Narrative diagnosis stated on 2026-03-25.

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Dido's arc is from proud queen to emotional collapse, including the thought of begging to become a slave girl if it keeps her near Aeneas.

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The Poem That Makes a Robot

2026-03-25, day precision · Great Books #8: The Poetry of Empire

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"...complete mess. She is emotionally falling apart. She's being driven into madness. She's like, should I go and beg the Trojans to let me..."

The Poem That Makes a Robot

2026-03-25, day precision · Great Books #8: The Poetry of Empire

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"She's seriously considering being a slave girl if it just means being near Aeneas. And ultimately, she decides, no, my only option is to..."

The Poem That Makes a Robot

2026-03-25, day precision · Great Books #8: The Poetry of Empire

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"...actually the worst type of emotion, because it leads you into madness, okay? All right, so, um, can we have a reading, Ivory?"

Dante Performs Surgery On Virgil

2025-01-14, day precision · Civilization #30: Dante as the Second Coming of Homer

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"...it's a terrible way to die and she dies driven into madness by love so you can almost make the argument that you can..."

Tragedy Makes Democracy Face Itself

2024-10-17, day precision · Civilization #9: Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides as Prophets of Democracy

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"...power of religion and faith and how it drives us into madness, OK? That's the most common interpretation. Another interpretation is, well, Dionysus is..."

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