Resurrexi Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 You officially have the coolest username ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
txdinghysailor Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 [quote name='Resurrexi' post='1944837' date='Aug 9 2009, 11:21 PM']You officially have the coolest username ever.[/quote] It sounds familiar.... What's it from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resurrexi Posted August 10, 2009 Author Share Posted August 10, 2009 Arma virumque cano! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
txdinghysailor Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 [quote name='Resurrexi' post='1944840' date='Aug 9 2009, 11:23 PM']Arma virumque cano![/quote] Explain please. I don't speak weirdo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resurrexi Posted August 10, 2009 Author Share Posted August 10, 2009 (edited) Dactylic hexameter! Edited August 10, 2009 by Resurrexi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
txdinghysailor Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 [quote name='Resurrexi' post='1944846' date='Aug 9 2009, 11:27 PM']Dactylic hexameter! [/quote] I know those are poetry terms, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resurrexi Posted August 10, 2009 Author Share Posted August 10, 2009 (edited) [quote name='txdinghysailor' post='1944847' date='Aug 9 2009, 09:28 PM']I know those are poetry terms, right?[/quote] Aeneas is the central character of Virgil's epic poem, the [i]Aeneid[/i]. (He is also a character in Homer's [i]Iliad[/i], which uses the same meter as the Aeneid.) Edited August 10, 2009 by Resurrexi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
txdinghysailor Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 [quote name='Resurrexi' post='1944849' date='Aug 9 2009, 11:29 PM']Aeneas is the central character of Virgil's epic poem, the [i]Aeneid[/i]. (He is also a character in Homer's [i]Iliad[/i], which uses the same meter as the Aeneid.)[/quote] Ha! I knew it sounded familiar... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resurrexi Posted August 10, 2009 Author Share Posted August 10, 2009 (edited) I love that epic by Virgil so much. It is wonderfully beautiful; It has a wonderful plot to it too; it just fascinates all who are Listening to those great words Virgil once wrote for Augustus, the emperor. Dactylic hexameter doesn't sound as good in English as it does in Latin... Edited August 10, 2009 by Resurrexi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
txdinghysailor Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 [quote name='Resurrexi' post='1944858' date='Aug 9 2009, 11:37 PM']I love that epic by Virgil so much. It is wonderfully beautiful; It has a wonderful plot to it too; it just fascinates all who are list'ning to it.[/quote] I think I had to read it once for Greek History class.... Exceptionally boring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resurrexi Posted August 10, 2009 Author Share Posted August 10, 2009 [quote name='txdinghysailor' post='1944859' date='Aug 9 2009, 09:38 PM']I think I had to read it once for Greek History class.... Exceptionally boring.[/quote] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deus te Amat Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 I liked the Aeneid better than I liked the Odyssey, and I liked the Odyssey more than I liked the Iliad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resurrexi Posted August 10, 2009 Author Share Posted August 10, 2009 I am surprised that Aeneas (the Phatmass member) hasn't taken part in this discussion yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resurrexi Posted August 10, 2009 Author Share Posted August 10, 2009 [quote name='Deus_te_Amat' post='1944862' date='Aug 9 2009, 09:42 PM']I liked the Aeneid better than I liked the Odyssey, and I liked the Odyssey more than I liked the Iliad. [/quote] The [i]Iliad[/i] is amazing. It is really boring when Homer lists all those names though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deus te Amat Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 (edited) [quote name='Resurrexi' post='1944865' date='Aug 9 2009, 10:44 PM']The [i]Iliad[/i] is amazing. It is really boring when Homer lists all those names though.[/quote] I listed them in order of preference. That doesn't mean that I dislike any of them. Edited August 10, 2009 by Deus_te_Amat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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