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Posted 5 months ago

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I hear the Percy Jackson books are fine Young Adult fiction, and not having read them, I am in no way able to contradict this assertion. However, Medusa looking at an iPhone? Kill me now. Doesn’t matter. We’re going to go see it tomorrow anyway, more out of a masochistic exercise than anything (best done with plenty of alcohol, like most things), because it’s what a classics major does—gets really excited when anything vaguely classical gets mentioned, but is eventually disappointed by how much they will inevitably balls it up. Like Troy. Oh, sweet Jesus, Troy. Zoom

I hear the Percy Jackson books are fine Young Adult fiction, and not having read them, I am in no way able to contradict this assertion. However, Medusa looking at an iPhone? Kill me now.

Doesn’t matter. We’re going to go see it tomorrow anyway, more out of a masochistic exercise than anything (best done with plenty of alcohol, like most things), because it’s what a classics major does—gets really excited when anything vaguely classical gets mentioned, but is eventually disappointed by how much they will inevitably balls it up. Like Troy. Oh, sweet Jesus, Troy.

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Posted 7 months ago

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on the intricacies of translating ‘οἱ κακοδαίμονες’ in reference to Christians in Lucian’s _De morte Peregrini_

  • prof: It could be neutral, like ‘unfortunate ones’, but it really depends on the context…anyone have any suggestions?
  • me: ‘Poor bastards’?
  • prof: I like it.

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