Alt: My favourite.
Q: I'm not sure, but I almost put a Batman reference in my exam today about 5th century Athenian comedy.
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Tue 17 May 2011, 15:10, 1 reply, 15 years ago)

This gets so many geek points it actually breaks the scale

(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 17 May 2011, 15:11, Reply)

"Euripides is not the poet that Athens needs"
...I just couldn't justify the point made if I'd written "...but he is the one it deserves"
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Tue 17 May 2011, 15:16, Reply)

That is brilliant
I am genuinely in awe that your brain made that leap
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 17 May 2011, 15:18, Reply)

That's pretty brilliant
and could just about fit
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Tue 17 May 2011, 15:19, Reply)

It didn't fit with my argument that Dionysus eventually chose Aeschylus as his victor due to a movement against the new
and towards the "old", and the "sacrificing to new gods", and Eu. just being a tit.

Though I disliked them both. Xanthius is a dude.
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Tue 17 May 2011, 15:22, Reply)

I quite like Aescheylus
possibly because he wrote the first Greek play I ever read. Aristophanes on Euripides is hilarious
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Tue 17 May 2011, 15:25, Reply)

I love Aristophanes
Socrates was a dick.
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Tue 17 May 2011, 15:27, Reply)

was a +sucked

/truthlolz
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Tue 17 May 2011, 15:29, Reply)

pederastlols

( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Tue 17 May 2011, 15:32, Reply)

how did the exam go?

( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Tue 17 May 2011, 16:11, Reply)

Better than expected
But not excellent. Wrote one alright essay and one very meh one. Translations (aka 60%, not 40% as I thought) weren't too bad. Not perfect, by any means, but shouldn't slip up too much.

How's preparation going?
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Tue 17 May 2011, 16:15, Reply)

Glad it went all right!
Preparation isn't going on. I've reached that stage of despair where I want to curl up and cry.
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Tue 17 May 2011, 16:21, Reply)

I prefer Bacchus.
That guy knew how to party.
( girlinthehole, Tue 17 May 2011, 15:27, Reply)

Bacchus is a good pub in Newcastle
trufax
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Tue 17 May 2011, 15:30, Reply)

He's really irritating in the play
He shits himself twice and whines the whole time.
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Tue 17 May 2011, 15:32, Reply)

i think i dated him

( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 17 May 2011, 15:52, Reply)

Does he cross-cross dress and try and make people take the blame for things when they're bad,
but get the credit when they're good?

If so, you fucked Dionysus.
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Tue 17 May 2011, 15:56, Reply)

I remember Dionysus.
Lovely fish and chips.
(BrianHequator was stretching owls, on, or around, Tue 17 May 2011, 16:02, Reply)

Nope, means nothing to me.
Oh Hequator.
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Tue 17 May 2011, 16:15, Reply)

It was a chippy just round the corner from Tottenham Court Rd tube, and very nice too.
Now closed due to CrossRail building works.
(BrianHequator was stretching owls, on, or around, Tue 17 May 2011, 16:26, Reply)