ABSTRACT
Schoolmasters have special faces for them. Catullus, whose ‘brutal frankness’ revealed the suffering of his tormented soul (look of comprehension and pity … secret sorrow), irradiated by his delightful humour (wry smile); Tibullus, all rustic grace (pass on); Propertius, difficult – h'm in every sense – precious (moue of distaste); Ovid – great facility, bad end; an Augustan Oscar Wilde (Universal Tension).
