Today in Massilia, me and the boys cut down this creepy grove. There were a few things about this place that made it weird. First of all, when I go to a sacred grove I expect to see some pans or silvani, maybe a nymph or two (3.402-403), or AT LEAST some birds (3.407). But no, this place was empty. To make it even more sketchy, the trees were trembling. But get this, there was no wind. THE TREES WERE MOVING ON THEIR OWN (3.410-411). To top it all off, it turns out that some creepy barbaric human sacrifice had gone down in this place (3.403405).
But anyways, we had already stripped the surrounding mountains so we really needed to get a chopping (3.427-428). I order the boys to cut down the trees and the little wimps wouldn’t. Want to know why? They thought that the axes may bounce off the trees and hit them. Can you believe that? Next time, come up with a better excuse (3.429-431).
So even though I had a serious case of the heebie jeebies, I grabbed the axe and was like, “look, I’ll cut down the first tree and prove to you little scaredy cats that there is nothing to fear. And if you’re all really THAT scared, you can blame it all on me, since I’ll be the first one to cut the trees down” (3.436-437). Of course, if there is some divine retribution, its not really all my nefas, because they followed my orders and therefore are just as guilty.
My rating for the grove is a 4/10. I would only recommend a visit if you are one of those weirdos who likes being scared and are low key into the idea of human sacrifice. Also, since I cut down all the trees (sorry not sorry) there isn’t much left to see.
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