Surely they're talking about the Vera Historia and how he was trying to prove he was an expert in Greek by using all sorts of dead words. Greek was his third language, so he was trying to prove he wasn't provincial. 
A bit too far back for realist fiction as well, come and think of it
Illusions fall like the husk of a fruit, one after another, and the fruit is experience. - Narrator, Sylvie
Je suis méchant.
Je suis méchant.
Who is this writer?
- 23/08/2010 09:31:30 AM
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BORGES *NM*
- 23/08/2010 10:16:55 AM
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I guess you read the blog answers?
- 23/08/2010 10:19:08 AM
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Yeah. *NM*
- 23/08/2010 07:44:41 PM
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*NM*
- 23/08/2010 07:44:41 PM
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cheater. *NM*
- 23/08/2010 09:22:29 PM
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Well, I read it after I made my (blatantly incorrect) guess. *NM*
- 24/08/2010 10:42:14 AM
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Lucian
- 23/08/2010 09:19:12 PM
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A bit too young to be him
- 24/08/2010 02:50:29 PM
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