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| | Posted on Mon Sep 11, 2006 23:12:07 | |
| | Who are those old men? 
/Newbie | |
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| | Posted at Mon Nov 13, 2006 17:59:50 | Quote |
| | | Maybe the ones making the rules of what is right and wrong? | |
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| | Posted at Tue Nov 21, 2006 03:42:19 | Quote |
| | | Stuffy old men of the Republic. | |
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| | Posted at Mon Jan 29, 2007 01:19:18 | Quote |
| | | "Right" behavior in Rome was often judged by what was the tradition. "Mos maiorum" the "morals of the elder" as one could translate. So, I guess when Catullus mentions the "old men" he is referring to the general opinion of what is moraly correct or not. | |
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| | Posted at Wed Jan 31, 2007 06:19:18 | Quote |
| | | Quote: | | | | | Who are those old men?
/Newbie |
Repubicans... hahaha.
[Bad pun, pardon.] | |
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| | Posted at Wed Jan 31, 2007 06:20:23 | Quote |
| | | Quote: | | | | | Repubicans... hahaha.
[Bad pun, pardon.] |
I even spelled "Republican" wrong. Help me. | |
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| | Posted at Thu Mar 22, 2007 22:17:58 | Quote |
| | | Hehee, 'republicans', I like that - it sums up exactly what I think of Cicero (and why I prefer Catullus). | |
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| | Posted at Sat May 24, 2008 00:09:37 | Quote |
| | They are the people who are judging their secret love affair.
Republicans... LOL | |
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| | Posted at Wed May 28, 2008 04:14:52 | Quote |
| | The old men are the senators... Lesbia is a pseudonym for a senator's wife with whom Catullus is having an affair.
Some people might say Democrats... Ted Kennedy? | |
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| | Posted at Sun Sep 07, 2008 01:44:53 | Quote |
| | | Yes, specifically Metellus. | |
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