People who talk about “The Classics”
A: Truly, the ancients were the most sophisticated and sublime thinkers ever to put pen to paper. We must preserve this precious legacy of Western Civilization against the crudeness and decadence of our age.
B: Indeed. Quite. Inarguably.
The people who wrote “The Classics”
Homer: … So then is big dude ran up and stabbed the little dude real good! Like, stab stab stab stab! Right in the pancreas!
Sappho: Woo, check out that hottie! Damn, girl, I’m gonna lie awake thinking about you later!
Aristophanes: Hey, Cleon, is it hard to sleep when your dick smells like a donkey’s butthole?
Tabula Candida 