Tag Archives: Classical Tradition
Vergil in the Mass
Domenico Comparetti, in Vergil in the Middle Ages, relates a fascinating anecdote about the spiritual Nachleben (or wistful longing after same) of Vergil: Hence [Vergil] is the first of those whom Dante, that faithful interpreter of the religious sentiment of … Continue reading
Juvenal emended by shoe maker
This has just cropped up on the Latinteach list and I thought our readers might like to see it. It comes quickly at the end, but ASICS says that their name is an acronym for ‘Anima Sana In Corpore Sano’: New Asics … Continue reading
An Allusion to Keats?
Another of Mifflin’s classically-themed sonnets is called ‘An Elegy’. I was reminded of Keats due to the following bolded rhyme. Immortal laurel of no growth terrene, Gather, ye Muses, in Olympian air;‘T is for a shepherd, loved of Pan, to … Continue reading
Lloyd Mifflin
I confess I’d never heard of the Pennsylvanian sonneteer Lloyd Mifflin until recently. He has a goodly number of poems on classical subjects. The following, called ‘The Ship’, is a nice little reflection on the effects that the reading of … Continue reading
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Ars Poetica
Archibald MacLeish’s short Ars Poetica ends with the rather famous following two lines: A poem should not meanBut be. These lines are quoted fairly frequently. For example, they were the basis for an answer on Jeopardy last night. I confess … Continue reading
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Bakhtin Again
In the first part of his review, Eagleton gives a sketch of Bakhtin’s difficult life under the Stalinists. At one point, he writes: Here [in St. Petersburg], as always, he was surrounded by a close group of anarchically minded writers … Continue reading
Images from Livy (9)
‘Landscape with She-Wolf Suckling Romulus and Remus’, by Annibale Carracci (1560–1609), c. 1590. Pen, brown ink and brown wash, retouched in black ink, on white paper. Paris, Louvre.
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Images from Livy (8)
‘Romulus and Remus Given Shelter by Faustulus’, by Pietro Berrettini, called Pierre de Cortone (1597–1669), around 1643 (Paris, Louvre)
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Images from Livy (7)
‘Les Sabines’, by Jacques-Louis David (1748–1825), 1799 (Paris, Louvre)
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Images from Livy (6)
‘The Introduction of the Cult of Cybele at Rome’, by Andrea Mantegna (about 1430/1–1506), 1505–6. Glue on Linen. Housed in National Gallery (London). The National Gallery’s page on this picture says the following: Inscribed in the centre: S HOSPES NUMINIS … Continue reading
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