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Here’s this man who believed when he died that his name would be toxic for generations to come. For hundreds of years, his works wouldn’t be read. He would stand for nothing but perversion. Utter disgust of a society that couldn’t bear people like him.

Well, two years ago, the Irish government and the French partook and shared in the restoration of his sarcophagus, his tomb in Père Lachaise Cemetary in Paris, and it had to be restored, because the polished stone of its surface had corroded through kisses.

Wouldn’t it just be allowed to wake him up, just for five minutes, just to tell him that, then he could go back to sleep again?

– Stephen Fry, 2016

1. ancient Greece or ancient Rome?

2. who is your favourite Roman emperor?

3. which is your favourite Greek city-state?

4. tell me about the classical ladies you love the most

5. what is your favourite story from Herodotus's Histories?

6. who is your favourite character from the Iliad or Odyssey?

7. who is your favourite ancient historian?

8. what are your five favourite myths?

9. what are your top five otps?

10. recommend a piece of fiction about the classical world

11. recommend a piece of non-fiction about the classical world

12. who is your favourite poet? why?

13. if you could time-travel to the classical world for a day, where would you go and why?

14. which Greek tragedy is your favourite?

15. Alexander the Great or Julius Caesar?

16. Cicero - love him or loathe him?

17. if you could recover one lost work, which one would it be?

18. what is your favourite movie or TV show set in ancient Greece or Rome?

19. tell me about an obscure classical figure who needs more love

Dorian:

Dorian:

Taurus: Mark Twain

Gemini: Sir Arthur C. Doyle 

Cancer: George Orwell

Leo: Alexandre Dumas

Virgo: Mary Shelly 

Libra: Oscar Wilde 

Scorpio:  Fjodor Dostojevskij

Sagittarius: Robert L. Stevenson, Jane Austen 

Capricorn: Edgar Allan Poe 

Aquarius: Jules Vern 

them: thEn WhaT haPpEnS WhEn Yo U dIe

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