Quoted: Mary Astor

"It's not good to make sentimental journeys. You see the differences instead of the sameness."

In your sixth blog entry, you should 
(1) Pretend that Aeneas has told Achates all about his journey, and have Achates recount what he thinks of the trip, giving particular details and examples. 
(2) Have Achates discuss his reaction to Aeneas making a journey into the underworld, and his reaction to what Aeneas learned, especially the brief charge of Anchises to all Romans:
"But you, Roman, remember to rule the peoples with power (these will be your arts); impose the habit of peace, spare the vanquished and war down the proud!"
 (3) Use the suggestions of those who have commented on your previous blogs (ESPECIALLY ME!) to improve the quality of your essay.

Quoted: Groucho Marx

"The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing. If you can fake that, you've got it made."
In your fifth blog entry, you should 
(1) Express book 5 of the Aeneid from the perspective of Achates.
(2) Have Achates discuss his reaction to Aeneas' handing out the prizes in book 5 and the fairness/unfairness of the Trojan situation in general.  How does he feel that Aeneas' means of handing out the prizes reflects the larger fairness of the Trojan plight in general, if it does? 
(3) Use the suggestions of those who have commented on your previous blogs (ESPECIALLY ME!) to improve the quality of your essay.

Quoted: Oscar Wilde

"Those who are faithless know the pleasures of love; it is the faithful who know love's tragedies."
In your fourth blog entry, you should 
(1) Express book 4 of the Aeneid from the perspective of Achates.
(2) Have Achates discuss his feelings about how Aeneas treated Dido.  Maybe he has an inside perspective on the eternal question of book 4: Did Aeneas actually love Dido, or was he just using her?
(3) Use the suggestions of those who have commented on your previous blogs (ESPECIALLY ME!) to improve the quality of your essay.

Quoted: Quentin Crisp

"Nothing shortens a journey so pleasantly as an account of misfortunes at which the hearer is permitted to laugh."

Quentin Crisp

What humor exists in the the otherwise tragic story of the journeys of the Trojans to lighten the reader's emotional burden?
 

Quoted: Marcus Tullius Cicero

"Nothing is more noble, nothing more venerable than fidelity.  Faithfulness and truth are the most sacred excellences and endowments of the human mind."
In your second blog entry, you should 
(1) Express book 2 of the Aeneid from the perspective of Achates.
(2) Have Achates discuss the role of  faithfulness, trust, and truth in the downfall of Troy.  Does he believe that it is good that Priam was so trusting of even the enemy, thus proving his own goodness, or does he believe that more shrewdness is required?  
(3) Use the suggestions of those who have commented on your previous blogs (ESPECIALLY ME!) to improve the quality of your essay.

Quoted: Appius Claudius

"Each man is the architect of his own fate." 

In your first blog entry, you should 
(1) Express the beginning of the Aeneid from the perspective of Achates, the unsung friend of Aeneas.
(2) Have Achates discuss the role of fate in driving Aeneas forward.  Does he believe that Aeneas is fated to take this journey?  Does he accept his own role in it as fated, or like Appius Claudius, does he believe that a real man makes his own luck?