Tag Archives: Bacchus

POMPEII: Gods Indifferent To The Power of Prayer

Posted on December 7, 2010 by Dave

When the ruins came to light, they caused a revolution in taste-stripping away rococo gilt, reshaping the female figure, and leaving deposit of pseudo-Greek temples from Moscow to Mississippi- although what sometimes passed for “classical” would have bewildered the ancients. … Continue reading →

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NO ACCOUNT TO SETTLE IN THE AFTERLIFE: Dionysus Banking System

Posted on September 29, 2010 by Dave

“In the first place, let me treat of the nature of man and what has happened to it; for the original human nature was not like the present, but different. The sexes were not two as they are now, but … Continue reading →

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HADRIAN & THE NAUGHTY BITS

Posted on May 14, 2010 by Dave

”The bust is classically Roman, the face imperious. But this is no ordinary emperor. Publius Aelius Traianus Hadrianus was not only a peacemaker who pulled his soldiers out of modern-day Iraq. He was also the first leader of Rome to … Continue reading →