There once was a limerickist called Aulus

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THE ILIAD IN LIMERICKS - There once was a Trojan called Paris... (6 posts)

General Thread ₁ Featured August 26 , 2006

The attempts to improve Homer have been many. Timolaus doubled the length by repeating every line in different words. Nestor rewrote the poem without using the letter 'A' in Book 1, the letter 'B' in Book 2, and so on. Tryphiodorus rewrote the Odyssey without using the letter 'S.' Sotades the Obscene rewrote the poem in jocular verse. Yes, the Greek poets were clever, but none of them were as clever as Aulus - who had the brilliant Roman idea to rewrite the Iliad in LIMERICKS! This will be a massive undertaking, but the rewards are great - eternal immortality and poetical fame sung so long as there is air in the lungs of a bard and an unbroken string on their lyre! Let us begin, Erato awaits... ...

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There once was a limerickist called Aulus

Author: * Strabo Furius - 5 Posts on this thread out of 1,230 Posts sitewide.
Date: Aug 26, 2006 - 15:19

"I didn't write those" - Aulus, that's just what Ovid said to Augustus! (Don't be so modest!) Now for Joves sake, stop your usual grouching and just post yer rude ones, eh? I promise not to quit!

The Classics-L list was once in a rut
so Aulus kicked some butt
the person running the list up and quit
because of his (s)hit
I think there was a bit more to it than that, butt...

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