Verbal Artistry in Vergil: Soundplay in Aeneid 2.19 This may be a bit of a stretch, but given Vergil’s Alexandrianism I’m going to go with it. In Aeneid 2.19, in the first description of the Trojan Hors
Engraved Gourds? In his Commentary on Jonah, Jerome refers (4:6) to “gourds of small cups/vessels” on which images of the Apostles are sketched: Et revera in ipsis cuc Continue Reading →
Bedtime Reading According to Plutarch’s Life of Alexander 8, Alexander the Great slept with a copy of the Iliad (along with his dagger) beneath his pillow. In reading Continue Reading →
