>>9711390Lmao what. I have access to virtually every translated literary text in history. Keats had access to local libraries which contained barely a tenth of what I have access to. Plus, a lot of people stick with the classics that have been acclaimed by critics and academics and simply don't care about reading the works deemed lesser or secondary. I remember Milton praising obscure works like the Punica poem but the rest of them might have either shunned these seemingly redundant works or didn't have the means to read them. And for your information it's in these minor works that you can see how authors like Shakespeare were abundantly influenced by Ancient Greek and Roman literature. Check out the plot of Callirhoe and see for yourself if it reminds you of Romeo and Juliet or The Betrothed.
