Questions!

[birchleaf]

Hi everyone! 

 

In an effort to get everyone's minds off of things, and to get us out of just that one small forum we've been posting in, I thought I would have a place to just talk about yourself and your interests. But one question I have for everyone is: What first made you interested in Classics?

 

Does your family have a history in it, or did you happen to read a book about the Romans when you were younger? Which region of the Ancient World are you most interested in, and why? Are you a linguist, archeologist, archivist, artist, etc?

 

Also, to continue in the vein of weird questions asked by me in an effort to make you laugh, if you had to have the torso of any animal instead of a human torso, which would it be?

 

Mine would be that crazy Bird of Paradise because I could probably hang-glide with my body and also fit into narrow spaces.

[NonSumNonCuro]

This is a great idea!  We could all use some mental away-time I think.

 

I really only got interested in Roman/Etruscan archaeology as a sophomore in college.  I was a Psychology major at the time and went to Italy to study Italian, and just fell in love with the art and archaeology (and subsequently the languages).   Though I have always loved history throughout my life.  As a kid I wanted to be a paleontologist, so archaeology isn't THAT far off!  

 

If I could have any torso, it would be the torso of a bird, because that'd mean I'd get wings.  Flying would be so cool.