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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.

AUREUS ASINIUS

A horrible thing has happened to me. I have begun to doubt Tennyson.

“Based off of all this, you may think that my protagonist was a total loser. But um actually he’s really hot and cool so um. Yeah. Everyone loves him. You love him.”

When the function has a story the ending of which died with the author leaving everything suspended in time forever… you know you will be seeing me at the function. Hoping that I have the time to read this somewhat consistently

It’s begun.

Delphi! I’ve been there!

Book that Benson told me to DEFINITELY NOT READ when I’m going to Greece. So naturally that’s what I’m doing

Only really read the first two and last chapters for my paper — but I will definitely revisit the haunted house chapters before the illustrious Second Annual Classics Society Pumpkin Painting

Putting this aside until I’m 1.) done with this project 2.) have read more Freud and 3.) have read any Céline at all.