Yep, I pretty much agree with all of that, except that Aristophanes has to be humorous to others beyond Classicists. I mean, really. Frogs is just hilarious.
Of course, one of the 'impractical' things about Classics is that despite the fact that I 'know' three modern languages other than English, that knowledge only extends to reading philological junk. John asked a while back if I'd like to study in France or Germany (and work on those spoken languages). I said not really; I don't think that's the answer he's used to. I guess I'm just a homebody stuck in a globalizing world. Or something.
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Yep, I pretty much agree with all of that, except that Aristophanes has to be humorous to others beyond Classicists. I mean, really. Frogs is just hilarious.
Of course, one of the 'impractical' things about Classics is that despite the fact that I 'know' three modern languages other than English, that knowledge only extends to reading philological junk. John asked a while back if I'd like to study in France or Germany (and work on those spoken languages). I said not really; I don't think that's the answer he's used to. I guess I'm just a homebody stuck in a globalizing world. Or something.