This week we charged full speed down a lykanthropic rabbit-hole. (Well, maybe I should call it a wolf-hole or something?). One of the many reasons we started this site (in addition to combating all the false and unattributed quotations online, bringing lesser known material to wider audiences, and entertaining ourselves) is that we wanted the impetus and opportunity to explore material only tangentially connected to our work inside and outside the classroom. mais 861 palavras
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Byzantine Verse on Lycanthropy for Werewolf Week
There is a Byzantine didactic poem based on Greek medical treatises. Thankfully, it does not skip the good stuff.
The poem is from a collection of didactic verses attributed to mais 76 palavras
Werewolf Week, JAMA Edition: Diagnosis and Therapy
This week in honor of Halloween we are returning to an obsession with lycanthropy. There is a trove of ancient Greek medical treatises on the diagnosing and treatment of the disease. mais 1.640 palavras
Ritual Sacrifice and Lycanthropy: Pausanias for Werewolf Week
In the second century CE, Pausanias composed ten books on the sights and wonders of ancient Greece. His text provides some of the only accounts of architecture, art and culture that have been lost in intervening centuries. mais 415 palavras
A Ghost Story from Petronius for Werewolf Week
Earlier we saw how Plato makes being a tyrant equivalent to a type of lycanthropy. The Romans were also into that kind of thing. One of our oldest werewolf tales comes from Petronius’ … mais 1.135 palavras
Don't Eat Brains: Zombie-Tydeus for Werewolf Week
In the spirit of the week before Halloween, below are the major accounts of Diomedes’ father, Tydeus, who was rejected by Athena after eating brains. The tale has simple symbolism that echoes modern associations with zombies (the dead need to steal life force from the living). mais 418 palavras
Werewolf Week In Rome: Don't Look a Wolf in the Eyes!
Here is the rather famous account of Werewolves from Pliny the Elder’s Natural History 8.34) (for the full text: see Perseus). The Latin text on Perseus is incorrect, but fortunately… mais 557 palavras
