#OR the sexier version 'why old men fool and children calculate' which gene @garland-on-thy-brow years ago pointed out
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cic. att. 15.4.2 trans. e-pistulae / lucan, pharsalia 1.36-43 trans. a.s. kline
thinking about THIS. caesar as a tree cut down but still living. pompey as a tree still standing but dead. etc.
#obviously there is More Going On Here Also (rotating polydorus in the back of my mind rn)#pompey's Trunk and all that. and ok arbor Isn't used for /family/ trees in latin but other plant/tree words ARE. stirps is definitely#so now i am thinking about octavian and the whether that line in shakespeare should be#'why old men [comma] fools [comma] and children calculate'#OR the sexier version 'why old men fool and children calculate' which gene @garland-on-thy-brow years ago pointed out#is literallyyyyyy cicero and octavian. and i have brain worms about that now#and then THAT line is also fun to put next to cicero's comments about the courage of men vs the planning of children!#anyway.#trees instead of gravestones#e-pistulae#epistulaeposting#pharsalia#beeps
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