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I think the "You can quote several [[Greek]] texts"... dot point that Del asked I make the "Specific names to drop" dot point a sidenote to might look better as follows:

* You can quote several [[Greek]] texts and take delight in doing so.  You know the works of a few [[ancient]] [[Greek]] writers and the names of a lot more of them, which you are happy to name-drop and wave in the faces of those around you (see sidenote). Specific names to drop could be:
**'''oratory''' (ie making speeches) ; [[Cicero]] ... 'Even [[Cicero]] could not have improved that speech'
**'''poetry''' ; refer to someone as 'a second [[Ovid]]', or 'our [[Dante]]'
**'''geometry''' ; emphasise how impressive modern, [[Italian]] style [[fortifications]] are, with their precise [[geometry]], [[ravelin]]s, [[counterscarp]]s and so on.
**'''philosophy''' ; emphasise you aren't one of [[Aristotle]]'s Monkeys (like a [[scholastic]], but that [[Plato]] is far superior to him).

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Can we get a basic list of Humanist Texts for SCA people in here somewhere ?

I've got a well-thumbed copy of Castiglione, and I guess Guiccardini's History of Italy could go in there somewhere.

We should probably avoid some of Ficino's more erm Applied Philosophy works.

Anton