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Damnatio Memoriae, or the Unfortunate Persistence of Memory

Weekly Contest #314

“Et te, Catilina, minaci pendentem scopulo Furiarumque ora trementem…”And there you are, Catilina, hanging onto a threatening cliff and shuddering before the Furies…Virgil, Aeneid 8.668-669Yes, here I am, hanging onto a threatening cliff and shuddering before the faces of the Furies—Catilina. Or Catiline. I prefer the former; the latter sounds too Anglicized, too crass, too vulgar and vernacular. I suppose I prefer either of them over the dreaded “Cataline,” a misnomer which some are wont to use. But oh well, I throw up my hands; or I would,...

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