“A Poem Begins With A Lump In The Throat.”

The Three Graces, Antonio Canova (1815 - 1817) / Unknown, Paolo Meloni

In the middle of a deep sleep at 2 pm on a Tuesday

INTP: It’s always 3 am somewhere

actual facts about Vergil, according to Suetonius:

he was dark skinned (”aquilo colore”; of dark color)

he was very tall and had a “rustic face” (whatever that means)

my poor boy had a terrible health and he suffered from headaches and stomach problems

he really, really liked boys (”libidinis in pueros pronioris”, “he was given to passions for boys” like me too son) and his faves were Cebes and Alexander, whom he calls Alexis in his second Bucolic

he was very socially awkward. once he became famous for his Bucolics, he hated going to Rome and if he absolutely had to, he “would take refuge in the nearest house, to avoid those who followed and pointed him out”

he worked as a lawyer only once and apparently he was terrible giving speeches, bless him

he had a very soft and beautiful voice, and he would get really excited while reading his poems. according to Suetonius, he was once reading the Aeneid (not yet finished) to Augustus and Octavia, and she was so affected by it that she fainted

i hope the barbie movie is a cultural phenomenon. i hope it leaves the next christopher nolan film in the dust. i hope it changes modern cinema forever and all movies made after it is influenced by it in some way. i hope the most academic, in-depth essays are written about it. i hope it's studied in film classes. i hope it remains in the human psyche for generations

what it’s like reading classics research

this is in dutch/german/french/whatever language you don’t know how to read

it is from the 60s and racist

gratuitous untranslated greek/latin

greek/latin that is translated, but into french for some reason

this book went out of print in 1763

there is exactly one physical copy of this book left in the world and it is located in a library across the ocean

Carine Gilson.

he might be doomed to die tragically but he's got great tits