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[zana16]

I've been reading The Dante Club and now want to re-read the Divine Comedy. Problem being, my books are in my dad's attic, and not only is my dad not home, I'm also fighting with him.

Today I sent a very cute, cheerful card to him that opens up to say "Just wanted to let you know I'm still mad at you." Passive aggressive R Us! He's going to want to talk about it, but I don't want to talk about it; the only way to make it right is for him to quit being a jerk, and that's not going to happen. Em suggested the card, and if there was a slightly hysterical edge to my laughter, she was kind enough to ignore it.

So. No Dante, because I don't remember which translation we used when I read it at college, and I really liked the translation. I did email the Western Classics professor -- not that he'll remember me, it was nine years ago and I was an average student at best in his class -- but he was a technophobe then and I'll bet he still is.

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[imaginarycircus.livejournal.com]

I love the Metamorpises, but its a lot of nymphs being chased and their virtue saved when they are turned into trees or birds.

[zana16.livejournal.com]

Do they ever get to change back??

[imaginarycircus.livejournal.com]

No, but them seem very happy to be trees and birds... I think.

[zana16.livejournal.com]

Happy-happy, or happy-to-have-their-virute-saved? Or perhaps there is not a distinction.

It'd been cool to be a bird, depending on the type of bird.

[imaginarycircus.livejournal.com]

iirc they poem cuts away from them as soon as they are saved. So who knows?