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Polterdog said:Rrose, thank you. I thought I was the only one. I mean, what's contained therein is interesting...it's just trying to decipher it from all the unnecessary text.
(Barry also wrote a book review that I couldn't make heads or tails of a few issues ago -- dropped in historical references without any explanatory context -- that I'm sure even the learned in the subject area would have a hard time unravelling.)
I think there's a simple solution for the Classics Corner -- loose all the paranthetical footnotes. A very unfortean thing to suggest, I know, but...gee whiz!
Polterdog.
To quote early Alan Partridge....
"By George - he's got it"
Even as a classical historian - I would entirely agree with your solution. Put the notes down the bottom - and it would be more readable. The section would become half footnotes - but the half left over would be more easily accessable...and those who want to pursue the subject would have the information ready to hand.
Makes perfect sense to me.