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Oscar as (Ovid as) Orpheus
Whereas Plato is more commonly considered as an ancient source for The Picture of Dorian Gray, this chapter looks at Ovid and his Metamorphoses as a classical model for Wilde’s sol...
The Return of Orpheus
The Return of Orpheus
Propertius’ second book is in two ways a response to the Georgics. From its opening poem, it responds to Virgil’s declaration of intent to write an epic for Octavian; and that pole...
Still Singing
Still Singing
This chapter considers the relationship between Orpheus the mythical character and Orpheus the putative author of mystic texts, arguing that it is best understood by focusing on th...
2. Isotopic clocks
2. Isotopic clocks
About one in a trillion atoms of carbon is the radioactive isotope 14C. It is a ‘cosmogenic isotope’ produced by the interaction between atmospheric nitrogen (N) and cosmic rays. T...
11. Cosmic stopped clocks
11. Cosmic stopped clocks
‘Cosmic stopped clocks’ explains how, using isotopes that are the daughters of isotopes that no longer exist, isotope geochemistry has been able to assemble a chronology for the fo...