A sense for poetry was not strong in the Roman people. Their natural genius did not urge them on to artistic expression. Rome was said to have been founded in the year 753 B.C., and the earliest piece of literature we know about is a translation of the Odyssey made at the end of the First Punic War, some five hundred years later. For all these centuries it would seem that the Romans felt little impulsion to express in any form what the world was showing them and life bringing them.
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
What to write about
It seems the early Romans didn't find much to write about. From Edith Hamilton, The Roman Way:
Sunday, August 2, 2009
The joy of reading GM Fraser
The blogger at The Port Stands at Your Elbow has bang-up reviews of two of George MacDonald Fraser's books, The Complete McAuslan and Quartered Safe Out Here.
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