# Sortes Virgilianae

By [Graeme](https://paragraph.com/@graeme-2) · 2020-12-24

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As I look to the future, I also root myself the ancient past by introducing this publication with quote, chosen at random, from Virgil's _Aeneid_. My interpretation will yield an unbidden gift from this quote, which I will choose to carry with me for the life of the publication:

> "In victory Hercules  
> Bent for this lintel, and these royal rooms  
> Were grand enough for him. Friend, have the courage  
> To care little for wealth, and shape yourself,  
> You too, to merit godhead. Do not come  
> Disdainfully into our needy home."

_Virgil., & Fitzgerald, R. (1983). The Aeneid. New York: Random House. Book VIII, line 480._

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*Originally published on [Graeme](https://paragraph.com/@graeme-2/sortes-virgilianae)*