What this project is about. This one is from Book 13. Bernard Picart (1673–1733), Memnon, son of Eos and Tithonus (date not known), engraving, further details not known. Wikimedia Commons. How long it took to read this (aloud): 3 mins 56s What it’s “about”: Mum wants her dead son remembered. Words I didn’t know: none... Continue Reading →
Ovid’s Metamorphoses #087/111: “Hecuba’s Grief”
What this project is about. This one is from Book 13. Hecuba Blinding Polymestor by Giuseppe Crespi “And at a single leap scratched out his eyes. Her furies gave her supernatural strength; Her bloodstained fingers thrust holes in his head Where once his eyes had been.” This one is from Book 13. How long it... Continue Reading →
Ovid’s Metamorphoses #085/111: “The Fall of Troy”
What this project is about. This one is from Book 13. How long it took to read this (aloud): 2 mins 40s What it’s “about”: What it said on the tin. No horses though. Words I didn’t know: none Quotable quotes: Troy burned, nor had its fires guttered out, While Jove's shrine drank, a single... Continue Reading →