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‘I Take Issue’ project- wrote my first graphic novelette! Not something I’d normally say, but I’m super proud of this.

Terentia delectata est tuis litteris; impertit tibi multam salutem, καὶ Κικέρων ὁ φιλόσοφος τὸν πολιτικὸν Τίτον ἀσπάζεται. (Letters to Atticus, II.12)

Ea tibi igitur et Κικέρων, ἀριστοκρατικώτατος παῖς, salutem dicunt. (Letters to Atticus, II.15)

There is not much point in translating these, they’re greetings from Cicero and family at the end of the letters. But the bits in Greek…

That’s little Marcus who is studying Greek and adding (presumably in his own hand) his own line to daddy’s letters to show how he’s learning.

If that alone doesn’t make you squee in delight (I now turn to the Greek literate among you), you can actually see his progress! Basic sentence formation, word order and superlatives.

baby dragons with wings that are disproportionate to their bodies until older but nonetheless stubbornly trying to pick themselves up off the ground by running and aggressively flapping and managing to only get a few feet off the ground for a few seconds before crash landing

baby dragons that haven’t been exposed to priceless things such as gems and gold pieces and instead infatuate themselves with other unusual shiny things — like silverware, brass clocks, instruments, and pots and pans