And poor Aeneas knew full well that life was a series of both contingent and fated events that could not be foretold or explained with any degree of accuracy.
When the Old Farmer's Almanac, the venerable and relentlessly folksy periodical that purports to foretell weather patterns for the entire year ahead, admits that "anything resembling total accuracy" is impossible, it could be talking about month-ahead forecasts from computers.
"It was crazy at the time, and the results could have been foretold, but it was a popular policy among certain people".
By the time Galewsky finally rose to speak out against the plant, it was late and the room was almost empty an outcome that could have been foretold.
The sovereign debt crisis was one that could have been foretold.
Most of the recent disasters of geopolitical machismo could have been foretold.
IT has been foretold that into each generation a Slayer is born, and since 1997, that Slayer has been Buffy.
It had been foretold like a Greek tragedy.
It had been foretold by the declining value of the currency.
It's been foretold since Beyoncé's secret album made the Interwebs throw a collective hissy fit last month.
