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    Tag: Rome

    How (not) to Convert the Pope: the Curious Cause of Abraham Abulafia

    Imagine this: the year is 1280 C.E. You are forty years old, and you’ve spent the last twenty of those years traveling and studying. And now, through… Read more “How (not) to Convert the Pope: the Curious Cause of Abraham Abulafia”

    February 16, 2021 by MythCrafts Team

    Dido and Aeneas, a Love that Burns

    Virgil’s Aeneid gives the poetic account of the journey of Aeneas, a Trojan soldier escaping the destruction of that war. It ends with Aeneas founding Rome; but… Read more “Dido and Aeneas, a Love that Burns”

    October 23, 2018 by MythCrafts Team

    Haunted Statues: The Legend Of The Colossi Of Memnon.

    Heading out towards the Valley of the Kings in Egypt are two imposing statues of Pharaoh Amenhotep III that reach about 18m (60ft) high. These statues have… Read more “Haunted Statues: The Legend Of The Colossi Of Memnon.”

    March 23, 2017April 19, 2017 by MythCrafts Team

    Maiestas Laesa: Augustus and Ovid

    Poets didn’t fare so well under the reign of Augustus Caesar, first emperor of Rome (63 BCE to 14 AD). One of them was Ovid, whose Metamorphosis… Read more “Maiestas Laesa: Augustus and Ovid”

    December 5, 2016April 6, 2017 by MythCrafts Team
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