You that in far-off countries of the sky can dwell secure, look back upon me here; for I am weary of this frail world's decay. - Arthur Waley

Anything whatsoever may become the subject of a novel, provided only that it happens in this mundane life and not in some fairyland beyond our human ken.

When translating prose dialogue one ought to make the characters say things that people talking English could conceivably say. One ought to hear them talking, just as a novelist hears his characters talk.

Since the classical language has an easy grammar and limited vocabulary, a few months should suffice for the mastering of it.