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Venus

Aeneas' rage at Helen and desire to die with Troy are interrupted by divine and familial signs that redirect him to duty: leave Helen, return to family, and preserve the son who will found a great empire.

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Galileo's telescope showed moons revolving around Jupiter and Venus moving in ways that challenged the assumption that everything revolves around Earth.

Aeneid interpretation in the 2024-11-21 lecture.

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Aeneas' rage at Helen and desire to die with Troy are interrupted by divine and familial signs that redirect him to duty: leave Helen, return to family, and preserve the son who will found a great empire.

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Rome's War To Defeat Homer

2024-11-21, day precision · Civilization #17: Homer, Vergil, and the War for the Soul of Rome

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"...he is about to kill her. Then suddenly, a goddess named Venus. Okay? Also, so the Romans call her Venus. The Greeks call her..."

Rome's War To Defeat Homer

2024-11-21, day precision · Civilization #17: Homer, Vergil, and the War for the Soul of Rome

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"I'm going to fight until my dying breath to save my city. And the wife and the father are begging him to not go..."

The Poem That Makes a Robot

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

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"...to like just kill her. And then what happens? His mother Venus intervenes and says, no, Aeneas, you must stop. There's a mission for..."

The Poem That Poisoned Homer

2026-03-18, day precision · Great Books #7: The Anti-Homer

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"...destruction of Troy. But then what happens is that Aeneas' mother, Venus, okay? So Venus is his mother, steps in, appears before him and..."

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