Roman rock n roll poetry! Shared by Vince cholewa, 10 September 2021

What have the Romans (even the Greek speaking ones) ever done for us? “… four beats to the bar, a stress on the first beat, and weaker stress on the third beat, which is rock’n’roll …”!

The poem reads: “Λέγουσιν They say / ἃ θέλουσιν What they like / λεγέτωσαν Let them say it / οὐ μέλι μοι I don’t care / σὺ φίλι με Go on, love me / συνφέρι σοι It does you good.”

It has been found as graffiti and on pendants mass-produced by workshops and distributed from Spain to Mesopotamia. They seem to have been mostly bought by people in middle ranks of Roman society. 

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'I don't care' : Test shows modern poetry began much earlier than believed

Paul Compton

One for the gift shops.

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  Literally, according to the article!

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