• Aielman15@lemmy.world
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    7 days ago

    Virgil is a fraud and a sellout.

    In this household we only read Lucretius.

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    Feel free to post your favourite Latin author below! Every answer is accepted, except Cicero. Fuck Cicero.

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        2 days ago

        Of course!

        I’m not familiar with his other works, but I loved reading through his Parallel Lives and was a bit saddened when it ended. Sure, they are not really historically accurate, but damn if they aren’t entertaining!

        Would you recommend reading his other works?

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      7 days ago

      Seneca my beloved :D

      And I guess those at 196 might like Petronius

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        Stoicism is never a light read, but it does offer some good advice! I wouldn’t consider myself a stoic by any means, but I carry some of their teachings with me.

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        Honest question: what’s the difference? Is it a joke? English is not my first language and I’d gladly take the chance to learn something new.

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          Just a lame joke about Cicero’s fondness of nested statements and putting the verb as far into the sentence as possible XD

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            Ha! I briefly considered it to be a joke, but then started overthinking it too much. Now I feel dumb :D