BoJo rhapsodist ( ! ? )

Laval Hunsucker <[email protected]> Tue, 7 Jan 2020 16:16:09 +0100
Newsgroups gmane.education.classics
Message-ID <CAB+NcSEb-Y=wBFTJbP7AM6j71NNH4vxnMDORoMqKh=1u2Nxj3g@mail.gmail.com>
Thought that this little item, "L=E2=80=99Iliade : Boris Johnson se met en =
sc=C3=A8ne -
D=C3=A9sintox - ARTE", dated "Jan 2, 2020", might be of at least some inter=
est
to the list.  ( Click on "SHOW MORE" for the full text . )

In addition to the video at the top, there's a reference in the third
paragraph  ( "Une internaute, se pr=C3=A9sentant comme hell=C3=A9niste de l=
angue
maternelle et ayant =C3=A9tudi=C3=A9 le grec ancien, =C3=A9crit dans un mes=
sage partag=C3=A9 35
000 fois sur Twitter qu=E2=80=99elle ne comprend rien de ce que raconte le
Britannique." )  to a Twitter discussion  ( but no link to it ;  it is in
fact at
=3D> https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Ftw=
itter.com%2FYiokastiM%2Fstatus%2F1209466603030667266&amp;data=3D02%7C01%7CC=
LASSICS-L%40lsv.uky.edu%7Cb84ade8e9a5447d4986e08d793848cb2%7C2b30530b69b644=
57b818481cb53d42ae%7C0%7C0%7C637140069817121829&amp;sdata=3DzG8W5I81mlgDoBH=
NjR6nA3CdNT%2FZDE7nEkYc3hXmeVU%3D&amp;reserved=3D0 <=3D )
wherein n.b. the first reaction contains another, voice-over, video  ( "Qui=
ck
line by line video of the Loeb to help shed some light." )  which probably
will also be of interest here.   ( It got 2.6K likes ;  see also
https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Ftwitter=
.com%2FLauraMcNeill1%2Fstatus%2F1209511849466695681&amp;data=3D02%7C01%7CCL=
ASSICS-L%40lsv.uky.edu%7Cb84ade8e9a5447d4986e08d793848cb2%7C2b30530b69b6445=
7b818481cb53d42ae%7C0%7C0%7C637140069817131820&amp;sdata=3DCRF%2FeGsEQzxQCN=
BhLUsyD1%2FfgPU2oY9aUHIOsnPPf3U%3D&amp;reserved=3D0 . )

The _28 minutes - ARTE_ piece also doesn't link the original 2013 video in
which Johnson can be seen and heard, enthusiastically from memory for more
than two and a half minutes and with typical BoJo body language, reciting
( performing ? )  the opening of the _Iliad_ .   That video can be enjoyed
( and I really mean that )  here :
https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.you=
tube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DmQKRAJTgEuo&amp;data=3D02%7C01%7CCLASSICS-L%40lsv.uk=
y.edu%7Cb84ade8e9a5447d4986e08d793848cb2%7C2b30530b69b64457b818481cb53d42ae=
%7C0%7C0%7C637140069817131820&amp;sdata=3D5isEWkgURVW4XgLHGsCJlzhidkKvDs%2B=
2nXeVrhH4JdY%3D&amp;reserved=3D0 .


- Laval Hunsucker
  Br=C5=93uquelenne sur la Vecht