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Magus,

What a wonderful piece! I'm so honored to have been included. I'm rarely mentioned in critical work of this level. Usually the criticism is scribbled on tile.

I hope you are still on for Thursday's podcast. Let me know. Poetry and Politics Part II.

Canis Ictus

PS: I have Chris Mason's et al translation around here somewhere. It's extremely good and utile. But what always fascinated me was when faced with a living Hipponax in me, he and David chose to lead me on rather than give me a promised reading. They must have known as a living Hipponax it would only confirm that bitterness. I suppose it's safer to embrace the bones of Hipponax than the flesh of the Dog. Jack Foley, who knows my work better than anyone else, called Canis Ictus in Exslium a 'revenge epic' and he was not wrong.

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Magus,

What a wonderful piece! I'm so honored to have been included. I'm rarely mentioned in critical work of this level. Usually the criticism is scribbled on tile.

I hope you are still on for Thursday's podcast. Let me know. Poetry and Politics Part II.

Canis Ictus

PS: I have Chris Mason's et al translation around here somewhere. It's extremely good and utile. But what always fascinated me was when faced with a living Hipponax in me, he and David chose to lead me on rather than give me a promised reading. They must have known as a living Hipponax it would only confirm that bitterness. I suppose it's safer to embrace the bones of Hipponax than the flesh of the Dog. Jack Foley, who knows my work better than anyone else, called Canis Ictus in Exslium a 'revenge epic' and he was not wrong.

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