Greek and Roman
Violence Over Love
“The famous spearman struck behind his skull, just at the neck-cord, the razor spear slicing straight up through the jaws, cutting away the tongue. He sank in the dust, teeth clenching the cold bronze.” […]
Month: February 2022
Greek and Roman
Sex Berries
“There is an extraordinarily tall story to the effect that if one covers the penis with it before intercourse, it acts as a contraceptive.” […]
Greek and Roman
The Devil You Know
“”When I was a girl, and governed by a tyrant, I wished for his removal, and presently we obtained a worse instead. Having got rid of him, a worse still succeeded.” […]
Medieval Mentality
Lucifer Makes His Move
“”Inasmuch as I am now an invisible spirit, I cannot visibly come to have speech with physical man, unless I adorn my ugly countenance with a certain corporeal beauty. I shall therefore enter this serpent which God has created with the face of a maiden and which most resembles man in beauty; and I shall speak with his tongue to Eve.” […]
Orient
A Gods Daily Routine
“On the eleventh Nabu comes out to have some exercise; he goes to the park, and kills there wild bulls. He then returns and tales his (usual) place. He then blesses the king.” […]
Greek and Roman
The Ocean Gives and Takes Away
“One day our father came to this very place crossing over a great stretch of sea; he left Aeolian Cyme and fled, not from riches and substance, but from wretched poverty which Zeus lays upon men, and he settled near Helicon in a miserable hamlet, Ascra, which is bad in winter, sultry in summer, and good at no time.” […]
Knowledge
Wisdom of Dead Worlds: Edward Coke
The house of every man is to him as his castle and fortress. – Edward Coke, 17th Century AD
Knowledge
Wisdom of Dead Worlds: Plutarch
The measure of a man is the way he bears up under misfortune. – Plutarch, 1st Century AD
Knowledge
Wisdom of Dead Worlds: Sallust
They envy the distinction I have won; let them therefore, envy my toils, my honesty, and the methods by which I gained it. – Sallust, 1st Century BC
Knowledge
Wisdom of Dead Worlds: Tacitus
It belongs to human nature to hate those you have injured. – Tacitus, 1st Century AD