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Episode CLXXVIII - Witches in Roman Literature

Emperors of Rome

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The Invocation of the Humanities in Lucan

Sextus is told that he will die in a pitiable house. The prophecy takes very few lines, but Luka's more interested in the gore and horror than how to get there. "The wild beasts shriek and wail the serpent's hiss," she tells him. 'Unhappy men be in dread of Europe, Libya, Asia'

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