Re: OT: Totally OT: Satyricon
| From: | Irina Rempt-Drijfhout <irina@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, November 5, 2001, 19:50 |
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On Monday 05 November 2001 20:33, Boudewijn Rempt wrote:
> The most famous part, Trimalchio's Dinner,
> is not the only bit worth reading.
But it's hilarious, and great fun to read with a bunch of intelligent
sixteen-year-olds (as our Latin teacher did). We had an informal
competition in class to translate as coarsely as possible while still
being faithful to the text.
Irina
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