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I don't study the Greeks and Romans because I love them (any more than virologists love viruses, or astronomers love black holes). I study them because they are sometimes a pleasure, often destabilising, regularly surprising, but most of all unfailingly eye-opening and interesting.
— Aug 09, 2026 12:19AM
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I have always been struck by the story of the Bengali poet (and composer of the Indian national anthem), Rabindranath Tagore, bursting into tears on first seeing the ruins of the Parthenon in Athens, overcome not by its aesthetic grandeur or grace but by its 'barbarian ugliness'.
— Aug 07, 2026 01:24AM
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Ainda a pessoa mal chegou às 10 páginas e já Mary Beard se põe a traduzir Hispânia por Espanha. Que ódio de estimação terá a senhora por este cantinho à beira-mar plantado???
— Aug 06, 2026 11:34AM