I am shocked to discover that Roman poet Horace wrote the most outrageous filth. So shocked, in fact, that I felt the need to reproduce my findings here:
When thirsty, do you need a golden goblet?
When starved, a turbot grilled or roasted peacock?
When your pecker’s stiff, why torture it?
A servant girl is there to serve
… and it avoids the panic that ensues should a noble lover’s husband return home at an inopportune moment:
The house in wild uproar, the woman pale
With panic jumping out of bed, her maid
Shrieking bloody murder, everyone in
Terror: one of being whipped, the other
Of losing dowry, I of losing life.
These Romans. Terribly licentious. I must read some more… Haron: get your toga.
Pft. And people wonder why I have a Classics degree. It’s not all “Caecilius est in horto”, you know… 😉
It was toga parties all the way, littlenic, I’m sure…
(OK. Who was Caecilius? And why were they in trouble? I mean, I have no idea what that quote of yours means, so I’m guessing it’s perverted in some way…!)
That says so much about you. 😛
It means “Caecilius is in the garden”, and it was probably one of the first bits of Latin I ever got taught. It’s from the Cambridge Latin Course, a lovely series of books detailing the adventures of Caecilius and his family.
Nothing perverted at all.
Which says so much about me. 😉
…but shouldn’t Rev. Jenkins have known that….perverted or not?…..
LOL right, now I know the sort of thing.
“Translate the following into Latin:
Caecilius helped people to be good
Caecilius punished his daughter.
Caecilius whipped his female slave.
Oh, Caecilius, you are a kind man!”
Nic, over to you! (LOL and what precisely *does* it say about me, my dear?!)
(Rob – Rev Jenkins may know that. Abel, on the other hand, being neither religious nor proficient in Latin, decidedly does not!)
But Abel shouldn’t you be getting into the role?…I bet Russell Crowe didn’t have gladiator skills before he did the movie, and Merryl Streep didn’t use a variety of accents before she did her movies…..I say into the Latin books and out in the boat with you quick fast…for the sake of your art, of course…
OK, Rob, I’ll dig out my old copy of ‘Caligula’ and watch that. That should do for background research 😉
Abel: That’s the spirit! So pleased to see that I am having a good influence on you. I’m not being a pain the ass am I? (PS I know I know. “A pain in the ass can be arranged, Rob, he says)
So, we’re driving home this evening, and pass – quite literally – 100 young ladies dressed in togas. Sadly they were walking in the opposite direction to our house – otherwise I might have thought they’d been reading our blog.
Rob – you’re never anything other than a pleasure to have commenting
PS interesting how Littlenic hasn’t done her homework assignment yet…
Abel: So sweet.