What this project is about.
This one is from Book 4.
How long it took to read this (aloud): 3 mins 15s
What it’s “about”: Cadmus, bemoaning his Job-like fate, gets turned into a lizard. So does his loyal wife. They skink away.
Words I didn’t know: none
Quotable quotes:
“Bewildered by ill luck that stormed upon him,
Frightened and awed by signs of further troubles…”
How it lands to my eco-sensibility: The gods are forever turning people to animals, plants, stone.
Obvious allusions, ways it was used (that I am aware of already) : xx
What I know I didn’t ‘get’: xx
To my knowledge, who’s used it why/how (RACC):
Ah, I probably need to read Dante!!
Further research questions: xx
Anything else: xx
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