CLA233H1 Lecture 2: CLA233H1S.2013.Jan.10.Roman.Ideals.docx
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I shall speak about those greek fellows in their proper place, son marcus, and point out the result of my enquiries at athens, and convince you what benefit comes from dipping into their literature, but not making a close study of it. Natural history, in the loeb classical library (cambridge, massachussetts and london, england, 1963), volume 8, pages 190 193. The son died, a most beautiful boy with an unassuming manner no less remarkable, and dear to his parents for reasons beyond the fact that he was their son. Arria made all the preparations for his funeral and took her place at the ceremony without her husband knowing; in fact whenever she entered his room she pretended that their son was still alive and even rather better, and, when paetus kept asking how the boy was, she would answer that he had had a good sleep and was willing to take some food.
