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Wednesday, 4 August 2021
Catullus 17: Sur le Pont d'Avignon / L'on y danse, l'on y danse.
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Verona, Catullus’ hometown, has an ancient bridge at which ceremonies are held – there is in Roman religion a connection between bridges a...
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Sunday, 7 March 2021
Tacitus, Germania 24 -25: of games and slaves.
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Recently I bought a reprint of Jacob’s Grimm Deutsche Mythology (Teutonic Mythology, 4 th edition 1875), a pioneering work and a mileston...
Sunday, 14 February 2021
Legenda Aurea, Julian the Hospitaller.
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The legend of Saint Julian the Hospitaller is one of the better narratives in the Legenda Aurea . As often, the origin of this saint is unkn...
Wednesday, 20 January 2021
Pliny the Elder on Elephants (N.H. 8, 1-3)
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One of the Latin authors who is but little read, is Pliny the Elder (AD 23/24 – 79), a prolific writer, but whose writings have not surviv...
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Friday, 30 October 2020
Legenda Aurea, De Sancta Anastasia: a prefect deluded.
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The Legenda Aurea is an inexhaustible source of anecdotes and miracles, often loosely connected and miracles performed by one saint, could ...
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