Greek and Roman
Even Herodotus Has His Limits
“The bald men say, but it does not seem to me credible, that the people who live in these mountains have feet like goats.” […]
Greek and Roman
Greek and Roman
A Legend in Love and War
“The found in a cave a strange being, between a maiden and a serpent, whose form from the waist upwards was like that of a woman, while all below was like a snake.” […]
Greek and Roman
Beware the Condemnations of a Horny Historian
“Often when she was alone with other actors she would undress in their midst and arch her back provocatively, advertising like a peacock both to those who had experience of her and to those who had not yet had that privilege her trained suppleness.” […]
Greek and Roman
A “Bone-Deep” Commitment to Rooting out Corruption
“The sentence was immediately executed, and the skin of the culprit nailed upon the seat of judgment, as an awful warning to others to avoid a similar offence.” […]
Greek and Roman
Land of the Winged Snake
“While the male is in the act of procreation and as soon as he has ejaculated his seed, the female seizes him by the neck, and does not let go until she has bitten through.” […]
Greek and Roman
Medieval Lie Detector
“Then, in a careless tone, adverting to the person whom she was presumed to love, her pulse immediately quickened to a surprising degree, and acquired a feverish heat.” […]
Greek and Roman
Evidence of Mer-Folk
“I have illustrious knights as authority for the assertion that a Triton has been seen by them in the Gulf of Gades, perfect resembling a man in his physical appearance.” […]
Greek and Roman
The Origin of Life
“Then, as the sun’s fire shone upon the land, it first of all became firm, and then, since its surface was in a ferment because of the warmth, portions of the wet swelled up in masses in many places, and in these pustules covered with delicate membranes made their appearance.” […]