Thursday, November 13th, 2008
The Temple of Janus (Ovid, Fasti 1.257-276)
[audio:http://blogs.dickinson.edu/archive/images/the-temple-of-janus.mp3] ‘cum tot sint iani, cur stas sacratus in uno, hic ubi iuncta foris templa duobus habes?’ ille, manu mulcens propexam ad pectora barbam, protinus Oebalii rettulit arma Tati, utque levis custos, armillis capta, Sabinos ad summae tacitos duxerit arcis iter. ‘inde, velut nunc est, per quem descenditis’, inquit ‘arduus in valles per fora clivus […]