We might remember that back in Metamorphoses 5 there was a brief account of Sicily. ‘“ Trinacris , the vast isle of Sicily , had been h...

grande doloris ingenium est, miserisque venit sollertia rebus; ...

We said we did not require dirges and lamentations in words. We do not. What, then, are the dirge-like modes of music? Tell me, for you ...

Corinth The second part of book 5 offers Calliope's tale of the subjection of Typhoeus, the rape of Persephone, the liquification of Cya...