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Showing posts with label Beauty. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Beauty. Show all posts
Saturday, August 24, 2024

Wilgefortis, Protected By The Beard of Christ [from Acta Sanctorum Mensis Julius]

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Hail, Wilgefortis, holy servant of Christ! You loved Christ with all of your heart and, when you rejected a marriage to the king of Sici...
Saturday, May 7, 2022

M/M: Beauty in the Eye of the Beholder: Cicero, de Natura Deorum I1.79

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Name :  Cicero Date :  106 – 43 BCE Region :  Rome [modern Italy] Citation :   On the Nature of the Gods, 1.79 For th...
Friday, April 15, 2022

Androgynous Beauty: Codex Vass. 4.430

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O godlike face, worthy of Bacchus or Apollo Which no man or woman can see without succumbing to your charms! O fingers, the sort that you’d ...
Saturday, March 12, 2022

Androgyonous Beauty: Ausonius Epig. 107

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Name :  Ausonius Date :  310 – 395 CE Region :  Aquitania, Gaul [modern France] Citation : Epigram 107 While Nature w...
Saturday, February 12, 2022

Dangerous Beauty: the Punishment of Narcissus, Conon Narr. 24

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Narcissus, Punished for his Asexuality Name :   Conon Date :    1st century BCE – 1st century CE Region :   Cappadocia [modern...
Saturday, September 4, 2021

The Vanity of Athena, Athenaeus, 14.7

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The Vanity of Athena Name :   Athenaeus Date :   2nd century CE Region :   Naucratis [modern Egypt] Citation :    Deipnosop...
Friday, March 27, 2020

Girlfriend, be merciful to my boyfriend: Tibullus, Carm.1.8.27-28, 47-51, 67-78

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Name : Tibullus [Albius Tibullus] Date :  55 - 19 BCE  Region :  [modern Italy] Citation :   Elegies 1.8.27-28,47-51,67-78 Tibullus offers l...