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We don't talk enough about The Lost Rubbish of Alexandria. Demetrius's 30 tiresome books on 60 lines from Homer. Didymus' made-up gossip about dead poets. ("Ought to be unlearned," wrote Seneca.) Nicander's remedies that did more harm than good. Lynceus' guide to annoying fishmongers. Mid or worse.
sarah jeongit's stuff like that that makes me really worry about the continuity of culture in a time of decreasing literacy and devaluation of knowledge and attribution. but on the other hand, i've also seen the scholarly suggestion somewhere that the lost six might have been kind of mid