"Ambition has but one reward for all: A little power, a little transient fame; A grave to rest in, and a fading name!"
As a primary theme of the Aeneid, Vergil offers the idea that the rewards of piety and hard work are of questionable merit. In your first blog, you should:
(1) Re-tell the story of the first book of the Aeneid from the perspective of Aeneas' friend Achates.
(2) As you are telling the story, wrestle with the question Vergil poses to us as readers of the Aeneid: What IS piety's reward? In the mind of your Achates, is the suffering the Trojans are undergoing "worth it" for the rewards they will hopefully receive?
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