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[mrissa]

Oh, livejournal, fount of a great many opinions, some of them even informed:

What translation of the Aeneid should I read?

We got some not-so-good news about a family member last night and have some really good social things planned for the weekend, so between those two, I am not feeling all that journally and will probably be quietish for awhile. Unless I'm not.

Comments

[sculpin.livejournal.com]

HA, I bet the former had the latter for lunch. With mustard.

Oh yeah. In the world of pro wrestling, they'd call that a "squash".

I don't know why his translations fell out of favor. I love 'em.

[elisem.livejournal.com]

Excellent idea. We need truepenny to help with color commentary, maybe.