Yeah I can't be expected to take something called squiz seriously

Oh, the alternative approach is to create demand for something by convincing people they need it and/or giving them a taste for free until they're addicted

That's really interesting though!

Amazing, thank you for sharing this!

DYING 😂😂😂

God bless, the Aeneid is SO MUCH more manageable than the Iliad! We are chugging beautifully along, in Book 9, and getting to Nisus and Euryalus 😭

As Hoo-dith Butler always says, gender is perfor-molt-ive

To clarify, I would like it to be a more meaningful connection there than just "girl human, girl owl" -- the lament maybe feels like it's actually more like Anna? Are there things people say about this special she-owl? (I'm not in my office/a library to actually look into this properly)

So I have learned that Aeneid 4.462 is the only place in (classical, probably) Latin where bubo is feminine??

solaque culminibus ferali carmine bubo
saepe queri et longas in fletum ducere voces

Anyone have thoughts on why? Because Dido is also a woman isn't super satisfying

This is such a badass line.

"Oh, my dad didn't fight like this? He was better than me? WELL YOU CAN TELL HIM THAT WHEN YOU SEE HIM IN HELLLLLLLLLLL"