Letās talk about Creusa!
Hooray @aeneiddaily has finally reached my favouritest blorbo of the Aeneid, Aeneasā wife Creusa. I just finished my bachelorās thesis about her (specifically what Maurus Servius Honoratus says about her character, also comparing to R. G. Austinās commentary) and sheās been a special little brainrot of mine for the last couple years even before last schoolyearās deeper dive into madness.
For now I want to just talk about some basics when it comes to Creusa, and then some more text based analysis later (probably tomorrow and the day after, I suppose?). Please note that my information on the topic is still limited - I only got as far as a BA thesis can go (around 33 pages overall), and I mostly used articles written in English and whatever was accessible through my universityās library.
Letās start with a little introduction, and once Aeneid Daily gets to the Juicy Bits (aka lines 2.768ā795) Iāll get to some deeper discussions of her character and what commentators, both modern and ancient, have said about her.
(And, uhā¦ spoilers for the ending of Book 2? If that is a concern?)