#dido dicit

Yes, I did see this article! My dad actually shared it with me too. It's interesting that the fragment is from the Catalogue of Ships, which I think modern readers often find quite dull. Ancient readers must have had a different response!

I only speak one language (obviously, English), unfortunately. I used to be able to read Latin and Ancient Greek, but I kinda fell out of practice after college. I can pretend to read French and Italian (i.e., guess the meaning based on words that look similar to Latin). I tried using Duolingo for French and Italian for a while, but I quit that after they introduced AI nonsense into the app.

(Have you read about the wild theory that the body in St. Mark's Basilica in Venice is actually Alexander and not St. Mark?)

Sorry, not a big fan of spiders! I think I’ll stick to ancient art and mythological paintings. Maybe I could find some depictions of Arachne as a compromise?

Moriemur inultae, sed moriamur. Sic, sic iuvat ire sub umbras: Hauriat hunc oculis ignem crudelis ab alto Dardanus, et nostrae secum ferat omina mortis. x

My new icon is the head of Proserpine (Proserpina/Persephone) from this engraving by Enea Vico after Parmigianino, which I posted yesterday. I flipped her head to look to the right instead of the left so that she would be looking at a post, not away from it! 

Thank you for the recommendations! I will definitely look those up!