Adventures in Spit-Roasting
“Therefore death to us is nothing, nor concerns us in the least, since nature of mind is mortal evermore.” ~ Lucretius, De rerum natura (On the Nature of Things), Book III Last week, I went back to my...
View ArticleHolidays: Yo, Saturnalia! (Roman, unknown – 5th century CE)
“Saturnalia, the very best of days!” ~ Gaius Valerius Catullus, Catullus 14, 1st century BCE From the 17th to the 23rd of December, Romans greeted each other with a hearty “Io Saturnalia!” (pronounced...
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