Re: Reactions to the secret vice (was: Steg's wonderful sig.)

DMorris12@aol.com writes:
>  Just a plug for Latin: the greatest poet I ever read (well, in my humble
>opinion) was this guy Catullus.  Now this was in high school, and so we
>were'nt supposed to read the "racy" poems.  Of course, these were the
>ones we
>translated with glee, and I'll just say that there's at least one ancient
>who
>has a lot of..interesting...things to say.

Hmm, maybe Catullus could change my mind. I just never got into it because
it seemed so dry and clinical to me (i.e. like describing a medical
condition when conversing in it).I'll have to search for his stuff .


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