Keith Woodell
@keith.latinlexicon.org
Why'm I here? Don't know yet. Could this be an intellectual space for me? I have a master's in classical languages and literatures. OK at Latin. Greek needs work. Spanish, German, Sanskrit, etc are rusty. Proprietor of https://latinlexicon.org.
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Inscriptions, epigraphs, both Latin and Greek along with different scripts and letter forms used plus the archaeological context.
I found that seeing thousands in the real world made my Classical lit background much more salient e.g. Aquincum near Budapest. Not many Classical cemeteries in the US.
I found that seeing thousands in the real world made my Classical lit background much more salient e.g. Aquincum near Budapest. Not many Classical cemeteries in the US.
November 4, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Inscriptions, epigraphs, both Latin and Greek along with different scripts and letter forms used plus the archaeological context.
I found that seeing thousands in the real world made my Classical lit background much more salient e.g. Aquincum near Budapest. Not many Classical cemeteries in the US.
I found that seeing thousands in the real world made my Classical lit background much more salient e.g. Aquincum near Budapest. Not many Classical cemeteries in the US.
Indeed He also had some dead pen pals.
"[He] also published many volumes of his letters, including a few written to long-dead figures from history such as Cicero and Virgil. Cicero, Virgil, and Seneca were his literary models."
It's starting to feel like Halloween up in here.
Now back to Poe.
"[He] also published many volumes of his letters, including a few written to long-dead figures from history such as Cicero and Virgil. Cicero, Virgil, and Seneca were his literary models."
It's starting to feel like Halloween up in here.
Now back to Poe.
October 24, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Indeed He also had some dead pen pals.
"[He] also published many volumes of his letters, including a few written to long-dead figures from history such as Cicero and Virgil. Cicero, Virgil, and Seneca were his literary models."
It's starting to feel like Halloween up in here.
Now back to Poe.
"[He] also published many volumes of his letters, including a few written to long-dead figures from history such as Cicero and Virgil. Cicero, Virgil, and Seneca were his literary models."
It's starting to feel like Halloween up in here.
Now back to Poe.
Except English. And Poe. And Bluesky. 😝
But definitely not the 14th century Italian Renaissance humanist who rediscovered Cicero and also collected and preserved a large bulk of the Roman and Greek literature that exist today. Not *that* guy. 🤓
But definitely not the 14th century Italian Renaissance humanist who rediscovered Cicero and also collected and preserved a large bulk of the Roman and Greek literature that exist today. Not *that* guy. 🤓
October 24, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Except English. And Poe. And Bluesky. 😝
But definitely not the 14th century Italian Renaissance humanist who rediscovered Cicero and also collected and preserved a large bulk of the Roman and Greek literature that exist today. Not *that* guy. 🤓
But definitely not the 14th century Italian Renaissance humanist who rediscovered Cicero and also collected and preserved a large bulk of the Roman and Greek literature that exist today. Not *that* guy. 🤓
In any case, we both got caught hook line and sinker in the ... uh ... lesson ... of the epigraph. 🧐😜
October 24, 2025 at 7:07 PM
In any case, we both got caught hook line and sinker in the ... uh ... lesson ... of the epigraph. 🧐😜
That's hilarious 🤣
Definitely a Poe-ism.
Although not quite fake, it seems. Perhaps a game of telephone before the telephone was invented? Somebody quoting Petrarch quoting a non-extant work of Seneca?
Definitely a Poe-ism.
Although not quite fake, it seems. Perhaps a game of telephone before the telephone was invented? Somebody quoting Petrarch quoting a non-extant work of Seneca?
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October 24, 2025 at 7:05 PM
That's hilarious 🤣
Definitely a Poe-ism.
Although not quite fake, it seems. Perhaps a game of telephone before the telephone was invented? Somebody quoting Petrarch quoting a non-extant work of Seneca?
Definitely a Poe-ism.
Although not quite fake, it seems. Perhaps a game of telephone before the telephone was invented? Somebody quoting Petrarch quoting a non-extant work of Seneca?
I like this rather vulgar translation, although its looseness is probably not all that fitting for either context: "Don't be too smart for your own good."
October 24, 2025 at 6:27 PM
I like this rather vulgar translation, although its looseness is probably not all that fitting for either context: "Don't be too smart for your own good."
From acuere and acus.
www.etymonline.com/word/acumen?...
latinlexicon.org/definition.p...
As always, Poe is foreshadowing something here. What could it be? Hmm. Something dreadful no doubt.
The subtext of the quote is negative, nefarious, because of Poe and all that. What was Seneca's intent?
www.etymonline.com/word/acumen?...
latinlexicon.org/definition.p...
As always, Poe is foreshadowing something here. What could it be? Hmm. Something dreadful no doubt.
The subtext of the quote is negative, nefarious, because of Poe and all that. What was Seneca's intent?
Definition - Numen - The Latin Lexicon - An Online Latin Dictionary - A Dictionary of the Latin Language
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October 24, 2025 at 6:23 PM
From acuere and acus.
www.etymonline.com/word/acumen?...
latinlexicon.org/definition.p...
As always, Poe is foreshadowing something here. What could it be? Hmm. Something dreadful no doubt.
The subtext of the quote is negative, nefarious, because of Poe and all that. What was Seneca's intent?
www.etymonline.com/word/acumen?...
latinlexicon.org/definition.p...
As always, Poe is foreshadowing something here. What could it be? Hmm. Something dreadful no doubt.
The subtext of the quote is negative, nefarious, because of Poe and all that. What was Seneca's intent?
And then later, "In pace requiescat!"
"May he rest in peace!"
"May he rest in peace!"
July 25, 2025 at 3:33 PM
And then later, "In pace requiescat!"
"May he rest in peace!"
"May he rest in peace!"
