Whomst wants to hear my latest Mountain Goats ancient literature conspiracy theory.
The Mountain Goats’ discography broadly scales the hierarchy of Roman poetic genres over time (like what Ovid did as his career progressed) from occasional, epigrammatic, elegiac poetry in the early albums (Bitter Melon Farm/Protein Source compilations) to tragedy (All Hail West Texas, especially Tallahassee), to martial epic (Beat the Champ)