/lit/ - Literature

>>23348277
kek because you can't?
You've got to be a troll because you are the one advocating guesswork, not me. I specifically said
>others you will never grasp unless you know they historical, cultural, societal, mythological etc. background
typo included
Still, for the benefit of anyone else following this, pic related are what I mean by commentaries and learning the cultural background. Roman thought, while similar to ours in some ways, is quite alien in others and their idioms reflect that. Staring at the letters will not make them make sense.
Left is Merrill, right is Fordyce