Current Fame
Today, Vindex is a favorite of many students of the Latin language and Roman history worldwide. In classical Latin, 'v's are pronounced as 'w's, making C. Julius Vindex's name sound comically similar to the cleaning solution Windex. He is a special favorite of members of the National Junior Classical League, a group of grammar- and high-school students interested in the classics, and frequently appears in their academic tests or competitive trivia questions, called Certamen.
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Famous quotes containing the words current and/or fame:
“Through this broad street, restless ever,
Ebbs and flows a human tide,
Wave on wave a living river;
Wealth and fashion side by side;
Toiler, idler, slave and master, in the same quick current glide.”
—John Greenleaf Whittier (1807–1892)
“I have made a very rude translation of the Seven against Thebes, and Pindar too I have looked at, and wish he was better worth translating. I believe even the best things are not equal to their fame. Perhaps it would be better to translate fame itself,—or is not that what the poets themselves do? However, I have not done with Pindar yet.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)