ancientcharm:Messages between two Pompeians named Severus and Successus, and between them a girl nam
ancientcharm:Messages between two Pompeians named Severus and Successus, and between them a girl named Iris. A story etched forever in graffiti. Found in a Thermopolium (Inn)( I.10.2-3 Thermopolium of Prima) Successus, a weaver, loves the innkeeper’s slave girl named Iris. She, however, does not love him. Still, he begs her to have pity on him. His rival wrote this. Goodbye [Severus]Envious one, why do you get in the way. Submit to a handsomer man and one who is being treated very wrongly and good looking. [Answer by Successus]I have spoken. I have written all there is to say. You love Iris, but she does not love you. [Answer by Severus] -- source link
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