'Let Rome in Tiber melt, and the wide arch of the rang'd empire fall'

Time for an interlude.

My latest Amazon package contained a book I've been dreading and anticipating in equal measure. The Aeneid. I have to read it by October, and I thought, what better way to make myself do it than to make it fun?
For those of you who've seen the wonderful Blogging Twilight, you might have a bit of a clue what I'm going to do....
(cue fiddly trumpet music)

I hereby solemnly swear to read the Aeneid book by book, and post my thoughts here in a special, once-in-a-lifetime series of Blogging the Aeneid posts. Yours for only £12.99!

I can't promise to be hilarious. I can't promise not to be controversial. I can't promise not to be obtuse. But at least I can promise to do it!