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Freitag, 24. August 2012
Ovidius (Metamorphoses)
If human beings suffer, they are incited to change whereby the catalyst of such change are often superior (meta-human) agents called the gods.
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Hortensio
hat gesagt…
It is not a short book but that surely was some succinct comprehension of it. I like about P.Ovidius that he excels in mockery: no joke too low, no quip too blatant, eternally tossing and turning, he is to be the great trailblazer of all following Imperial literature.
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It is not a short book but that surely was some succinct comprehension of it. I like about P.Ovidius that he excels in mockery: no joke too low, no quip too blatant, eternally tossing and turning, he is to be the great trailblazer of all following Imperial literature.
Very well put, Hortensio!
'Quámvis sint sub aquá-, sub aquá- maledicere temptant' ;)
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