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    The Facebook Aeneid
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    Image of AndIAmTellingYou AndIAmTellingYou
    03/26/09

    In reply to The Facebook Aeneid
    That made my week. But then again, I'm a ancient history nerd with a big soft spot for Dido and those Roman fellows.
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    03/26/09

    In reply to The Facebook Aeneid
    This is backwards...
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    Image of VoxPopuli VoxPopuli
    03/27/09

    @Columbienne: I know. To really appreciate the parody, one has to be familiar with FB, which means that person would read it bottom to top. Much funnier when I read it top to bottom.
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    03/27/09

    @VoxPopuli: But it ends at the bottom with Turnus' death.. which is how the Aeneid ends. So I'm confused?
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    03/26/09

    In reply to The Facebook Aeneid
    I had to read the whole thing in Latin :(


    This looks more entertaining.

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    Image of AuntPeniston AuntPeniston
    03/26/09

    @propertius: Arduum sane munus!


    And as regards facebook: pessima placent pluribus.

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    03/26/09

    In reply to The Facebook Aeneid
    Socrates has sent you a drink. HEMLOCK.
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    03/26/09

    @OMG! Ponies!: I'm giggling.
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    03/26/09

    In reply to The Facebook Aeneid
    Um. Hello? SPOILER ALERT!
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    03/26/09

    In reply to The Facebook Aeneid
    4:20 - Lotus Break.
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    Image of NinaHagen NinaHagen
    03/26/09

    In reply to The Facebook Aeneid
    Poloinus is offline...
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    03/26/09

    In reply to The Facebook Aeneid
    The Hamlet one is pretty brilliant too.
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    03/26/09

    @NinaHagen: I was just about to post the same thing. Polonius is no longer online.
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    03/26/09

    @NinaHagen: I've always been a fan of Austenbook, myself.
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    Image of AuntPeniston AuntPeniston
    03/26/09

    In reply to The Facebook Aeneid
    Whoa, and I thought my husband's annual attendance at the "Homerathon" where they read The Odyssey in the original Greek for hours on end was nerdy.
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    Image of Mount_Prion Mount_Prion
    03/26/09

    @AuntPeniston: Don't you worry--it is.


    <3

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    Image of phlox✔ phlox✔
    03/26/09

    @AuntPeniston: Oh, is that what they're telling their wives the "Homerathon" is all about now?
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    03/26/09

    @AuntPeniston: Relax, it's just an excuse for a toga party.
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    03/26/09

    @phlox✔: @skahammer: In the interest of full disclosure, I attended one myself. They made me read an excerpt from an English translation. I felt so inadequate.
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    03/26/09

    @Mount_Prion: Well, god knows I married him for his big brain.
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    Image of phlox✔ phlox✔
    03/26/09

    @AuntPeniston: I'm going to make 'the ability to recite Greek epic poetry on request' a requirement before getting into another relationship. I can wish, right?
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    03/26/09

    @phlox✔: Find someone well acquainted with the oral tradition, and you've found a keeper.
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    03/26/09

    In reply to The Facebook Aeneid
    what, no Colosseum-shaped Salt & Pepper Shakers as a gift from Dionysius?
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    Image of hortense hortense
    03/26/09

    In reply to The Facebook Aeneid
    If only they had swapped out "marketplace" with "agora."
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    Image of depardoo depardoo
    03/26/09

    In reply to The Facebook Aeneid
    The "People You May Know" is hilarious.
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    Image of Astigmatism Astigmatism
    03/26/09

    In reply to The Facebook Aeneid
    It's okay, but I hate that it just stops in the middle of the thing like that.
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    Image of Sproing Sproing
    03/26/09

    @Astigmatism: Pretty faithful to the book.
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    03/26/09

    @Sproing: It was a joke. In medias res, and all that.
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    Image of shostakobitch shostakobitch
    03/26/09

    In reply to The Facebook Aeneid
    Pythagoras is not eating beans.
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    Image of phlox✔ phlox✔
    03/26/09

    Dido's tea has gone cold.
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    Image of pufflehuff pufflehuff
    03/26/09

    @phlox✔: Cassandra told us all this on New Year's, but would anyone listen? It's like she's my mom or sometihng.
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    03/26/09

    @pufflehuff: YES MOM I CAN'T SPELL SOMETIHNG. HAPPY???
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