omg, the relationship tree absolutely came in clutch juuuuust about the point I was starting to feel completely lost in the sauce! very much appreciated. I also LOVE all your annotations, I feel like I'm getting special hot takes and goss from each one of them :-) I really enjoyed reading this, thank u!!
Oooh Rachel, thank you so much for sharing these excerpts with us!! I think there's definitely something poetic about how he was known to have such great rhetoric and a sharp tongue, but what survived of his image to us is that he was a beloved friend, mentee, and also ridiculously handsome. I've said it before, but my fav thing about your essays truly is how nicely you paint a human picture of these ancient people. With all the interpersonal drama HOW has no one successfully adapted their stories into a GOT-esque viral TV show yet is beyond me.
(AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE RELATIONSHIP TREE.... I've been following along pretty well but all the names with C's were starting to confuse me lmaoooo)
And "won’t you write a tract on something or other and dedicate it to me, as a token of your regard?" rly got to me for some reason... if it means anything, I had no idea who Caelius was, and now I'm one of the people who carry his name in my memory :')
i have read this comment like 5 times... thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts <3 humanizing these old guys is always one of my biggest goals and i'm so glad i was able to do it here!!!
AND IT'S WHAT I'M ALWAYS SAYING..... the tv scripts would write themselves
omg, the relationship tree absolutely came in clutch juuuuust about the point I was starting to feel completely lost in the sauce! very much appreciated. I also LOVE all your annotations, I feel like I'm getting special hot takes and goss from each one of them :-) I really enjoyed reading this, thank u!!
the footnotes are lowkey my favorite part of writing these essays, so thank you for appreciating & enjoying them :') and of course for commenting!!!!!
Oooh Rachel, thank you so much for sharing these excerpts with us!! I think there's definitely something poetic about how he was known to have such great rhetoric and a sharp tongue, but what survived of his image to us is that he was a beloved friend, mentee, and also ridiculously handsome. I've said it before, but my fav thing about your essays truly is how nicely you paint a human picture of these ancient people. With all the interpersonal drama HOW has no one successfully adapted their stories into a GOT-esque viral TV show yet is beyond me.
(AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE RELATIONSHIP TREE.... I've been following along pretty well but all the names with C's were starting to confuse me lmaoooo)
And "won’t you write a tract on something or other and dedicate it to me, as a token of your regard?" rly got to me for some reason... if it means anything, I had no idea who Caelius was, and now I'm one of the people who carry his name in my memory :')
i have read this comment like 5 times... thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts <3 humanizing these old guys is always one of my biggest goals and i'm so glad i was able to do it here!!!
AND IT'S WHAT I'M ALWAYS SAYING..... the tv scripts would write themselves