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September 24, 2013
A Roman Lover's Woes
Anybody in love, come here. I want to break Venus's ribs with a club and cripple the goddess's loins. If she can pierce my tender breast, why can't I break her head with a club?
~Graffiti written on the wall of a house in Pompeii
(from Roman Civilization,
Naphtali Lewis and Meyer Reinhold).
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