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orichalcum at 10:20am on 29/06/2005
orichalcum at 10:20am on 29/06/2005Or as one of my old professors used to call him, Dionysus the Little.
Why, may you ask, do I cherish this anger against a 6th century CE Catholic monk?
Because I'm currently trying to describe the time period in which the Roman poet Ovid wrote. That is to say, the era of someone who lived from 43 B.C.(E.) to 18 C.E. (A.D.)
So, he's a "1st century BCE- 1st century CE poet." This sounds horrible, and I run into this problem all the time, because Dionysus stuck his _inaccurate_ median point in the middle of the Augustan Age, one of the most important historical and literary periods in the ancient world.
The little guy couldn't have dated things from Jesus' crucifixion? Or at least gotten the darn date right, which would have helped a bit?
I won't even go into all the reasons why the date is totally wrong.
Why, may you ask, do I cherish this anger against a 6th century CE Catholic monk?
Because I'm currently trying to describe the time period in which the Roman poet Ovid wrote. That is to say, the era of someone who lived from 43 B.C.(E.) to 18 C.E. (A.D.)
So, he's a "1st century BCE- 1st century CE poet." This sounds horrible, and I run into this problem all the time, because Dionysus stuck his _inaccurate_ median point in the middle of the Augustan Age, one of the most important historical and literary periods in the ancient world.
The little guy couldn't have dated things from Jesus' crucifixion? Or at least gotten the darn date right, which would have helped a bit?
I won't even go into all the reasons why the date is totally wrong.
infuriated
(no subject)
Yes, well...
Re: Yes, well...
Re: Yes, well...
WM#1: I bring gold!
WM#2: I bring frankincense!
WM#3: I bring myrrh!
NSWM#4: Um, sorry, didn't realize it was a potluck.
Mary : (hissing to the Holy Spirit) I told You we should have sent out registry cards!
What I meant, of course, is that if I were an omniscient God, picking a rare moment when much of the world was comparatively stable and at peace and reasonable life expectancies, and my current most moral monotheistic religion was open to new ideas, would seem like a Good Plan. I mean, hey, you don't hear Joseph saying, "Well, we would have shown up for the census, but we couldn't because what if the Parthians invaded during that week and stole all my wood?"
It's a good thing I don't believe in Hell. :)