Tuesday, February 17th, 2009
The Creation of Mankind (Ovid, Metamorphoses 1.77-88)
[audio:http://blogs.dickinson.edu/archive/images/ovid-met-177-88.mp3] Sanctius his animal mentisque capacius altae deerat adhuc et quod dominari in cetera posset: natus homo est, sive hunc divino semine fecit ille opifex rerum, mundi melioris origo, sive recens tellus seductaque nuper ab alto aethere cognati retinebat semina caeli. quam satus Iapeto, mixtam pluvialibus undis, finxit in effigiem moderantum cuncta deorum, pronaque cum […]