Madam Neoteric

Definitions of NEOTERIC on the Web:

* A slightly vague term, the neoteroi were a group of Latin poets of the 1st century BC who were much influenced by Alexandrian Greek authors such as Callimachus and Theocritus. Their trademark was an emphasis on tight construction, a playful use of genre, punning, and complex allusions.

Latin poets normally classified as neoterics are:

• Catullus
• Ovid
• Propertius
• Tibullus and Gallus – although so little of their work remains it is difficult to tell
• Virgil in some of his writing, such as the Eclogues

In case you hadn’t noticed, this isn’t actually a web log in the normal sense of the phrase. I’m using this to play around with themes and colors, and probably won’t use it for much more than that.

But… you never can tell. Maybe I’ll just keep all the entries as Drafts and let you wonder what I’m writing about you.

On the other hand, there is something mysterious about the Title of this web log. Maybe you can puzzle it out?

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