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Emily Dickinson this morning, and that got me thinking about double dactyls, so I looked them up on Wikipedia and found two about two of my favourite historical heroes - and my favourite aspect thereof: Julius Caesar's complicated love life.
The poems:
A delicate antique one with an interesting historical background (see also that below) by E. Jaksch:
( Inheritance )The second is about Caesar's close friend, Marc Antony, who married Caesar's lover, Queen Cleopatra of Egypt, after his death:
( Tact )