I liked the poem about Horace's and Pompieus' "bromance" (guy friends who hang out together). I found it amusing that male bonding such as this existed in the ancient world.
In addition, I liked, as K Roache put it in class today, the "blue instead of pink" poem as well. Love is universal and can be expressed in so many ways. I find it interesting that men could express their love (lust?) for men and women in basically the same way.
Incidentally, what was with the Romans and the "If you're male and a Roman citizen you can sleep with whomever you want so long as it's not another man's wife or you're the passive partner" rule? I don't get it. I think it's a preceived manliness issue and a matter of subservience. WE ARE MANLY ROMANS! WE ARE NEVER PASSIVE!!
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