Aristophanes is great

[decomposingsoul]

Ok so I'm not bored of Aristophanes yet. Just re-reading The Wasps and discovered the line "Now then, my fellow-jurymen, my savage-hearted wasps! Some of you go for his backside: give it him hot, that's the way! You others surround him; jab at his eyes and fingers."

Brilliant!

Edit: There's more "Say one of the slave girls leaves the door on the

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[scratchmeharder]

Petronius' Satyricon is a good one for that sort of thing if you haven't already read it...

[decomposingsoul]

I actually haven't got round to giving that one a go yet. Must do at some point.

[akicif]

I think we've got an unabridged version around the house somewhere - I'm still amazed they give school kids the "Cena Trimalchio", whne they must know that the wee darlings will try and track down the rest.

Re: Aristophanes, is he the one who has the character who can ruin any speech with interruptions about his bottle of oil?

[decomposingsoul]

I'm not sure about the bottle of oil thing. I did Classics at school, but obviously some bits were left out.

They did slip up on 2 school trips though. One featured a guy dressed as a Roman soldier called Bigus Dicus, and the other was to see a modern adaptation of The Wasps, which had a sex doll as the flute girl.

[decomposingsoul]

The Frogs is also great!

Brek-ek-ek-ek, brek-ek-ek-ek, co-ax, co-ax!

[akicif]

It should be on cable....
sorry