In Odysseus's defence (and I do spend much more time being rude about him than defending him) he did make the remaining crew swear a solemn oath on Thrinacie not to eat the cows. He takes one little break and Eurylochus has gone and persuaded them all to throw a barbecue!

To be fair Eurylochus is quite annoying, so I'd give him a pass for that one.

Tonight Nero is a little startled by ChatGPT's inability to follow instructions. Given a list of Cambridge Latin course vocabulary from stages 1-16, and a request to create Latin sentences, ChatGPT added words like 'bellum' , 'sermo', 'loquor', 'ruber' etc. Which definitely weren't on the list.

Poppaea joins me for a little Aeneid 2...

Not sure my kids would speak to me again if I did go there, though!

I was seriously tempted by this!

Deeply impressed by Chichester Cathedral's Acting Dean and his rather sweet story about his own cat!
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Still not sure if Nero hates or really loves Plato...

I'm desperate to get to Pericles' Symposium. Some might say I just want to meet Alcibiades...

I'm enjoying watching my son ransack Odysseus' Palace in... Kefalonia...!?!!?

So, I was supposed to send a headshot of my younger son for an application. Apparently, I sent a scan of Eryximachus' speech from the Symposium instead. Not at all sure I know how I confused the two.

Cicisbeo. Still no idea how to pronounce it.

Half term! Tomorrow I will start revising my Love & Relationships scheme of work. But tonight, I shall eat curry from Chichester's gorgeous Massala City.

Re-watching The West Wing is so very bitter-sweet.

Once again:

WAR SHOULD NOT BE TREATED AS A SPORT IN WHICH WE WAVE OUR FLAGS AND ROOT FOR OUR TEAM.

THE ONLY WINNER IS PEACE.

Everyone and everything else loses.

Is loss.

Is lost.

It occurred to me a while ago - that most people are so worried about how they are perceived that they usually don't have time to worry about how I come over. I've taken that as licence to be outrageous.

Cambridge Latin course - good stories and doesn't go too fast.

Very happy with my 16 year old for introducing me to the band 'Beast in Black' - a mutual taste in low-brow heavy rock is a serendipitous thing.

In defence of my misspelling Arthur Miller - it was very late, I was very tired, I was writing on my phone and I'm terrible at spelling.

Arthur Millar's 'View from the Bridge' at Chichester Festival Theatre this evening. A study of American-Greek tragedy in shades of grey with a side order of homoeroticism and an unsubstantiated shiver of incestuous abuse. Themes of suffering immigrants served up to a Chichester audience. Apt.

Nero decides I have done enough work on a Saturday.

The cat's view of my marking Euryalus 10 mark questions.