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"He was likewise so intimate with Quintus Hortensius, who, in those times, had the highest reputation for eloquence, that it could not be decided which of the two had the greater love for him, Cicero or Hortensius"

[Cornelius Nepos Life of Atticus trans. Rev. J.S.Watson; Attalus]

Threesome!

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[Euripides' Orestes trans. Robin Waterfield]

This is very funny because Apollo's voice is Pylades' voice too.

[It is this way also in the Libation Bearers.]

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Thinking.

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"What’s Hecuba to him, or he to Hecuba"

Old queen.

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Has anyone staged Buonasera as Don Basilio's Gay Suspicion about Don Bartolo finding a younger and prettier music teacher? I think they should.

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in today's letters: how is cicero doing you ask? um.

Would I not have wanted to see you? No, in truth I did not want to be seen by you. For you would not have seen your brother, not the man you left, not the man you knew, not the man who saw you off when we parted ways—both of us in tears—not even a trace of him, not a shade, but only the likeness of someone dead but still breathing.

i would say he's doing bad

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in today's letter: cicero freaks out about not knowing quintus' travel plans! uncertainty and misery! like truly do not forget how utterly miserable he is! cicero sees through atticus' attempts to cheer him up! cicero is upset that he was betrayed by his allies! and cicero is tooooo caught up in either grief or memory (the manuscripts are making out [...] style) to keep writing!

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??????

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Personally, I would love it if people were not trying to turn their speech online into babytalk. I find it irritating enough that it causes me to avoid online spaces that I would otherwise enjoy.

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there is no cisgender explanation for scacciata dal suo nido.

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Unlikely companions.

[Rhinoceros by František Grebeníček, dinosaur by Joseph Wu]

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My baroque arias in Ukrainian project is going to be two years old in a few days.

The latest "chapter" (linked above) is inspired by me reading The Langya List (Nirvana in Fire).

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05/23/2025

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Spangle-cheeked Tanager

javier.chaves.photography

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any tree understanders know why the leaves on this tree are like this???

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will SOMEBODY call rené girard

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have been thinking a lot about how metaphors allow two things to exist simultaneously within the poemworld like. on a conceptual level. but puns allow two things to exist simultaneously within the same word. and puns are often associated with humorous poetry which is in turn seen as less ‘serious’ poetry but like. humour can be a really powerful tool in a poem. you HAVE to get simultaneously silly and serious with it.