I (Harpy) receive: your food. You receive: ominous prophecies.
Maybe the Trojan games are meant to specifically prefigure the Actian Games that Augustus instituted to commemorate the battle of Actium? Aeneas' dedication of an enemy shield is also Augustus'-dedication-of-naval-rams vibes. to me.
OOOOOOOOO THAT MAKES SENSE... your mind (and vergilius's)
Maybe the Trojan games are meant to specifically prefigure the Actian Games that Augustus instituted to commemorate the battle of Actium? Aeneas' dedication of an enemy shield is also Augustus'-dedication-of-naval-rams vibes. to me.
OOOOOOOOO THAT MAKES SENSE... your mind (and vergilius's)