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by oddeyed 1506 days ago
It certainly is poetic. I don't know how much of that comes from the translation which will have been done by someone who already "knows" that these letters are important classical texts. If I knew Ancient Greek then maybe I could read it and it would seem like reading people's Facebook messages today.

But if you like that kind of writing, then try writing like that! If you keep at it, your friends will at least to recognise that style of writing as part of you. :-)

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Even 2000 year old prose is a window into the lives of people exactly like us. The same vanity and flaws; the raw ambition. Read Cicero’s letters.
if you keep writing like that, your friends will etch your words into stone and make sure it survives :)

only the most poetic stuff survived I think, the receipts and useless spam mail was thrown out / recycled

Thank u for the encouragement :)