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Not a terrible job, but uncertain was parasite. Basically you were paid to accompany someone and say how good they were. One of the few things I remember from
by gumby 3y ago
Not a terrible job, but uncertain was parasite. Basically you were paid to accompany someone and say how good they were. One of the few things I remember from high school was translating some plays in which a parasite was part of the cast.
(Another thing I remember was the supposed punishment for parricide: to be sewn into a sack with a rooster, a cat, and some stones, and then be tossed into the Tiber.)
- BirAdam 3y agoAncient punishments were insane. Death was usually just a side effect of whatever the actual punishment was. Bothered me for weeks after reading about that stuff.
- gumby 3y agoFor the teen-aged students of my boys-only school that kind of stuff was always worth reading, and the Greek and Latin teachers knew it so made sure we got a good supply of such stuff. Much more interesting and worth translating than Caesar marching around. One of the most thumbed books in the library was "Pompeiian Graffiti". I learned some sexual terms that don't exist in English.