02-13-2004, 10:42 PM
Dan wrote:<br>
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Quote:</em></strong><hr>It says something of the esteem renaissance man had for Julius Caesar when we consider who Dante's Satan was forever tormenting.<hr><br>
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Renaissance? Dante was writing in the early Fourteenth Century. He was certainly a "renaissance man" in one sense of that word, but many of the great minds of the <em>medieval</em> period were.<br>
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The so-called "Renaissance" is over-rated enough as it is. Please don't let it swallow up that medieval genius Dante as well.<br>
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Anyway, back to dragons and the Menorah ... <p>Tim O'Neill / Thiudareiks Flavius<br>
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Help create the film of Publius Quinctilius Varus' lost legions.<br>
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Quote:</em></strong><hr>It says something of the esteem renaissance man had for Julius Caesar when we consider who Dante's Satan was forever tormenting.<hr><br>
<br>
Renaissance? Dante was writing in the early Fourteenth Century. He was certainly a "renaissance man" in one sense of that word, but many of the great minds of the <em>medieval</em> period were.<br>
<br>
The so-called "Renaissance" is over-rated enough as it is. Please don't let it swallow up that medieval genius Dante as well.<br>
<br>
Anyway, back to dragons and the Menorah ... <p>Tim O'Neill / Thiudareiks Flavius<br>
<br>
Visit 'Clades Variana' - Home of the Varus Film Project<br>
<br>
Help create the film of Publius Quinctilius Varus' lost legions.<br>
<br>
Come to my [url=http://www.ancientworlds.net/member/Gunthigg/Thiudareiks" target="top]Stathigg[/url] in [url=http://www.ancientworlds.net/aw/City/23413" target="top]Germania[/url] at the [url=http://www.ancientworlds.net/" target="top]Ancient Worlds[/url] community.</p><i></i>
Tim ONeill / Thiudareiks Flavius /Thiudareiks Gunthigg
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