#and the translator clearly assumes that his readers know a certain amount of latin

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Flint going from being perceived as under-educated in the Navy to being perceived as over-educated in Nassau must have just been like okay here is just one more thing to mark me as other wherever I go... here’s one more thing to be hated for... exhausting...

#Black Sails #James Flint #also do we think he knew Latin?? #I'm reading (or at least skimming) the version of the Odyssey I think he probably read because I like wasting my own time #and the translator clearly assumes that his readers know a certain amount of latin #presumably because that would have been part of the upper class education. and the elite educated class would be the ones buying books #and I'm just like. man. that must be so alienating if you're able to access this book and you see yourself in it #but you're still constantly reminded that you're not the person it's meant for #most popular