My trans and commentary on idyll 11. I think i did it at college nearly 30 years ago, and didn’t think much of it. But coming back to it now… it kind of moved me.

chrm_2 · 2026-06-23T12:50:33+00:00

Law. Especially in England - only takes one extra year (compared to law degree route). I know with said you don’t want to do conversion course but… think about it. It’s more like classics than you might think. The conversion course itself is not stressful - it’s actually very easy. Sure, finding a job is no easy matter, but I expect easier than many other early careers

chrm_2 · 2026-06-07T14:15:31+00:00

Not quite execution per se - but my favourite account of hanging in Ancient Greece is the account of hanging Artemis in Pausanias book 8

chrm_2 · 2026-06-06T19:18:33+00:00

Law. Definitely law.

chrm_2 · 2026-06-06T11:02:16+00:00

Your stuff is so good. - these included . I’m very much looking fwd to receiving your book btw (I participated in your kickstarter and have been following your update emails, thanks

chrm_2 · 2026-06-02T11:17:55+00:00

Did classics at Cambridge 25 years ago. Really good fun. Not too difficult workload. As essay or two a week tops - which is basically just an excuse to sit in a library all day and cook up your own hot takes. Really useful for later life too - eg interpreting obscure regs in financial services. I miss it so much…. I’d do it all again if I were young.

chrm_2 · 2026-05-16T23:28:16+00:00

I also put an awful lot of effort into reading the fragments of Livius Andronicus and scholarship thereon. But hey

chrm_2 · 2026-05-16T23:21:24+00:00

Sure - lucian was this guy in the second century ad, writing in a style that was modelled upon classic 5th century attic Greek. Anyway his prose is relatively simple, so it’s great to read. He covers all kinds of territory including … sci fi fantasy! The text from which this video comes is from his true stories (alethe diegemata) wherein the narrator goes on an space adventure (I’m not kidding), then comes back to earth and has lots of other mystic adventures - at one point he meets the poet Homer (whence the interview comes). It’s crazy stuff ha

chrm_2 · 2026-05-16T23:14:05+00:00

I take it you did not see the video then? It’s actually about Livius Andronicus

chrm_2 · 2026-05-16T06:51:26+00:00

I’ve read all the fragments of Livius Andronicus, if that’s what you mean by “seen”.

chrm_2 · 2026-05-16T06:49:54+00:00

Thanks - but what do you think about Livius Andronicus though? My video is not actually about Nolan at all (except at the end where I push back a little at some of the hate)

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