Re: Latin (was Language universal?)

Raymond Brown scripsit:

> At 8:05 am -0500 8/2/01, Yoon Ha Lee wrote:
> >On Thu, 8 Feb 2001, Raymond Brown wrote:
> [...]
> >> But stick with it.  Reading Catullus & Vergil in the original makes it
all
> >> worth it.
> >
> >I'm sure.  (OTOH, I have a friend who took three years of HS Latin and is
> >taking a year of college Latin, and she says she's sick of translating
> >Cicero...)
>
> That I can understand.  His letters are interesting (and more like the
real
> Latin he must've spoken everyday) but his speeches & his 'philosophic'
> writings can get a bit much.  Not my favorite author (tho some love him).
>
> But Catullus ... well, that's a completely different ball game  :)
>
> Ray.
O, Catulle! Nates pilosas, fili, non potes asse venditare!

Personally, I prefer Martial. He's nastier:

Versus scribere posse te disertos
Affirmas, Laberi; quid ergo non vis?

Dan

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