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A peculiar anthologic maze, an amusing literary chaos, a farrago of quotations, a mere olla podrida of quaintness, a pot pourri of pleasant delites, a florilegium of elegant extracts….

  • By Michael Gilleland
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Augustine on the Use of Amulets
Augustine, Sermons 335D.3 (C. Lambot, "Nouveaux sermons de S. Augustin. IV-VII. 'De Martyribus'," Revue Bénédictine 50 [1938] 3-25 [at 4-5]; tr. Edmund Hill, with his notes): People though who belong to "man,"6 who are not …
On , by Michael Gilleland, 834 words
Two Bodies
Cicero, Pro Murena 25.51 (tr. C. MacDonald; he = Catiline): For he then said that the State had two bodies, one frail with a weak head, the other strong but with no head at all; …
On , by Michael Gilleland, 169 words
Cerberus
Genoa, Museo di Archeologia Ligure, inventario RCGE 1049 (click once or twice to enlarge): Hat tip: Eric Thomson.
On , by Michael Gilleland, 19 words