Gladiatorial contests were admired and lauded by many as examples of martial skill and courage in the face of death and injury as well. — Ciceronianus the White
Then perhaps if Simone Biles had killed herself rather than participate in events she thought she'd fail in, you'd find her less disappointing. — Ciceronianus
Of course not, dear man! I simply wanted to show a side of gladiatorial combat that contrasts with your characterization of professional gladiators who could sometimes be like our “superstars of sports”.
The gladiators Seneca chose to exemplify courage were of the lowliest sort: those captured in war and forced to fight—most likely to the death. — Leghorn
In these examples Seneca was illustrating, of course, the stoic doctrine,
Fit via vi;
that a human being may choose to exit an unbearable life at any moment by killing himself, and that this the ultimate proof of freedom. This is not a modern sentiment, though suicide be as prevalent now as ever. — Leghorn
.But find multiple modern translations of the same original work and see by how much they differ! — tim wood
Literal over literate, again pretty much agreed - maybe footnotes as needed. — tim wood
And to be sure, sometimes what works in another language is awful in English, so literate is not altogether ruled out. — tim wood
I always think of Tertullian relating the incident where a group of Christians went to the house of a Roman official (I forget the rank of the official) demanding that he have them killed when I remember this comment by the Emperor. — Ciceronianus
Btw, weren’t you previously known by the cognomen, “The White”? Why, if I may inquire, did you drop it? — Leghorn
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