Sunday, January 29, 2017

Quote of the day--from famous Roman historian Tacitus, from wikipedia

Tiberius', Gaius' and Claudius' as well as Nero's acts
while flourishing themselves—out of fear—counterfeited,
after they came to fall—resulting from new-found hate— related
are.

Special Friday Night post--Robert Graves' I Claudius--just beautiful--poetic--because written by a poet

who needed money. Derrick Jacobi as Claudius, the Roman Emperor. The Voice--narrated in the first person, is unmistakeably Graves'--has ...