Peter Davis
@peterjdavis.bsky.social
Enthusiastic about Latin poetry, especially Ovid. Commentary on a selection of Ovid’s Heroides will be published by Oxford UP in mid 2026.
@hanb.bsky.social See what I found in a very good bookshop in Perth WA!
August 7, 2024 at 8:06 AM
@hanb.bsky.social See what I found in a very good bookshop in Perth WA!
I came across this statue of Medusa in the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery (1880). I wasn’t aware that she is represented as having wings attached to her head. She is very much focused on her hair. That is not surprising.
February 20, 2024 at 8:34 AM
I came across this statue of Medusa in the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery (1880). I wasn’t aware that she is represented as having wings attached to her head. She is very much focused on her hair. That is not surprising.
I saw this fellow on my walk this morning.
January 9, 2024 at 11:26 PM
I saw this fellow on my walk this morning.
I learned this morning that this has now been published. I hope to have a copy next week!
November 10, 2023 at 4:50 AM
I learned this morning that this has now been published. I hope to have a copy next week!
I think that this is the heart of the issue: disagreement about V’s representation of Aeneas. I think that the passage was excluded precisely because it puts Aeneas in a bad light.
September 29, 2023 at 11:20 PM
I think that this is the heart of the issue: disagreement about V’s representation of Aeneas. I think that the passage was excluded precisely because it puts Aeneas in a bad light.