tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8382076272947689523.post5919636831910028644..comments2024-01-27T13:22:38.545-08:00Comments on BOOKTRYST: Sexed-Up Literary ClassicsStephen J. Gertzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14369781936876020975noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8382076272947689523.post-84899468922162082352014-04-10T07:10:05.259-07:002014-04-10T07:10:05.259-07:00'Clocks...Rare sights in ancient Rome.'
1...'Clocks...Rare sights in ancient Rome.'<br /><br />1) In the original Latin text, Trimalchio is obsessed with time and refers to a clock.<br />2) Trimalchio's dinner scene is not set in Rome.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8382076272947689523.post-39577333492361817042014-02-07T12:17:44.240-08:002014-02-07T12:17:44.240-08:00Got a bundle of these for Christmas. Wonderfully a...Got a bundle of these for Christmas. Wonderfully awful stuff :)Karl Fischerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14874163385169816178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8382076272947689523.post-23001114895700355612011-04-21T21:08:43.809-07:002011-04-21T21:08:43.809-07:00"Clocks... Rare sights in ancient Rome."..."Clocks... Rare sights in ancient Rome."<br />He's in august company: <br /><br />BRUTUS<br /><br /> Peace! count the clock.<br /><br />CASSIUS<br /><br /> The clock hath stricken three.<br /><br />from Shakespeare's Julius Caesar.<br />However, spicing up Suetonius's Twelve Caesars woould require enormous depravity and imagination. There the "authors" probably had to tone down their alleged practises to suit modern tastes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com