Danish. The late Roman poet Maximianus fulminates against the depredations of old age. In this review of the new Danish translation of his poems (or poem?), I compare him to other late Classical writers who blossomed in the Medieval curricula and then faded from memory, and reflect more generally—drawing on examples from Sappho and The Instructions of Ptahhotep—on the relation between aging in texts and of texts.
“Evigt ung alderdom” (“Forever Old”), Weekendavisen (27 November 2023). Link.