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So I actually might just lie down in the road (I KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LAY AND LIE)

So I actually might lay down in the road

Iphis bro!!!

Fred Vincy FUMBLE OF THE CENTURY HOLYYYYY

What if we gave ONE SINGLE EXAMPLE backing up any of the claims that we, A PROFESSOR OF PHILOLOGY, are making??

Mr. Casaubon SUCKSSSS

Lydgate bro…

I feel like the horrors of the Antarctic weren’t the only things Dyer and Danforth were exploring out there

You’re losing me Howard

This is also what it’s like in upstate New York rn

Back on my game

Today Professor Stull cold-called lil ol me to recite and translate the Metamorphoses proem and I’m trying really hard not to develop a complex about it

To employ some ancient imagery: I’m putting Dr. Lydgate in a jar and studying him like a bug.

Mandelbaum translation is actual bars

Average Colgate classics society senate meeting

at first I thought we were just avoiding having to pronounce vsevolodovich but mr camus i am starting to recognize your game

Hazbin Hotel for Irish adults

I hope French!Stepan Trofimovich overuse Russian phrases. I think that would be funny.

Wait… her writing is fire??!!

I understand why Benson has dedicated the past ten years to this book. I can’t believe this was written in 170 CE. Ruden’s translation is awesome.

THIS IS SO GAS

Only qualm so far is that Anthony Doerr is clearly ignorant as to how unbelievably massive and EXPENSIVE a Liddell and Scott Greek lexicon is. Not exaggerating I think the LSJ in Chapel House is 20 lbs. And no one in possession of one would ever give it away.

I can’t put this down.