“he uses the word ‘servant’ instead of ‘slave’” girl. yes. for a myriad of reasons. but also, YOU use the word slave because you chose to write your translation in iambic and you can’t convince me that’s not a driving reason you use it singularly
demon core vidalit’s not even about the difference between disciplines or a classicist commenting on a modern medium. it’s about someone with a singular fucking obsession and viewpoint of the thing