orichalcum: (Pompeii)
orichalcum ([personal profile] orichalcum) wrote2008-03-28 12:15 pm
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For the fun of it....

So, I'm writing an article/paper/part of the book currently on female-authored Pompeian graffiti. This means that I have to do a lot of interpretation and inference from very little data.

So, gentle reader, tell me a story - who do _you_ think the protagonists and hidden narrative are behind each of these graffiti?


1. "I would not sell my man/husband for any price."

2. Valens [the master of the house], 'Lady.' Would that I were a Lady. We ask for health.

3. Livia greets Alexander. If you are well, I don't care much; if you are dying, I'll come running.

um...

(Anonymous) 2008-03-29 07:09 pm (UTC)(link)
I think the last one is just hilarious.