History Trivia / TheAeneid

* BeamMeUpScotty: "Beware of Greeks bearing gifts." The original line, ''"Timeo Danaos et dona ferentes,"'' actually means, "I fear the Greeks, even when they bear gifts." [[note]]The error comes from thinking that "et" means "and", as it usually does. Here, however, it's short for "etiam", which means "even".[[/note]]

* ReferencedBy:
** ''Series/{{Shadowhunters}}'' has an [[LiteraryAllusionTitle episode titled]] "The Descent Into Hell Isn't Easy".
** The first level of ''[[VideoGame/{{Marathon}} Marathon Infinity]]'' is named "Ne cede malis", a direct quote from ''The Aeneid'' 6.95 (it means "Do Not Yield to Misfortune").
** A real life one: during the Chilcot Inquiry, the British government's inquiry into the UK's role in the Iraq War, an unidentified (for security reasons) SIS officer was asked what was the SIS' response at the time to the Duelfer Report, which had found that Iraq didn't have enough [=WMDs=] to pose a credible military threat. The SIS officer replied "''Sunt lacrimae rerum'', really", referencing Aeneas' famous lines in Book I. The phrase literally means "There are tears of things" but in context, the intended meaning was something like "Shit happens."

* AuthorExistenceFailure: Creator/{{Virgil}} died in Augustus' arms with the poem not yet completed to his satisfaction. He asked Augustus to burn it. Luckily, Augustus ignored his wishes and published it instead. The poem still contains half-lines that Virgil included as placeholders while he figured out what the full line should say.

** The first level of ''VideoGame/{{Marathon}} Infinity'' is named "Ne cede malis", a direct quote from ''The Aeneid'' 6.95 (it means "Do Not Yield to Misfortune").

** The first level of ''VideoGame/Marathon'' Infinity is named "Ne cede malis", a direct quote from ''The Aeneid'' 6.95 (it means "Do Not Yield to Misfortune").

* ReferencedBy: ''Series/{{Shadowhunters}}'' has an [[LiteraryAllusionTitle episode titled]] "The Descent Into Hell Isn’t Easy".

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* ShoutOut: Many to Homer's work. [[http://classicsvic.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/penwillvol18.pdf This]] article goes into detail on the Shield.

* ShoutOut: Many to Homer's work. [[This http://classicsvic.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/penwillvol18.pdf]] article goes into detail on the Shield.

* ExecutiveMeddling: Written as propaganda to make Romans proud of their powerful and noble history.
** Virgil had wished it to be burned after his death. Augustus thought otherwise.