March 29, 2006

When Satires Go Bad(der)

The word 'cunnilingus' also occurs in literary Latin, and is found once in Catullus and more frequently in Martial. Horace's Sermones I.2 and I.3 use the word:

Nam fuit ante Helenam cunnus taeterrima belli
causa. . .


which attributes the cause of the Trojan War to Helen of Troy's cunt.


Ehhh that's not what I learned in Classical Civ and World History! :o

It seems that when we were studying Catullus, Cicero, and Suetonius last year, Mr. McLaren stealthily tucked all of away from us. But now the truth is out!

*sprays some vulgar Latin graffiti*

Modified Lit. test schedule today was a waste of time, if it wasn't for the physics lesson and the fact that I had a quiz/test today >_O

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