quidquid bene dictum est ab ullo, meum est
Interesting item from a piece on Woody Guthrie, inter alia:
[The ancient Roman poet] Virgil could sit and speak in iambic pentameter, like a modern rap artist. Woody could do the same thing. He could speak in poetry.”
I’ve never heard that about Vergil before … anyone know of a source?
… and on the Latin side:
… and dead guys tweeting:
https://twitter.com/#!/LiddellandScott/status/200962169624477698
https://twitter.com/#!/LewisandShort/status/200975102928617472
ante diem iv idus maias
19 B.C. (?) — dedication of the Temple of Mars Ultor on the Capitoline
2 B.C. — opening of the Forum of Augustus
113 A.D. — opening of the restored Temple of Venus Genetrix
304 A.D. — martyrdom of Dionysius and Pancras at Rome
Ancient and Modern Olympics: The Olympic dominance of the city of Kroton.
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