When Philoctetes, son of Poeas and Demonassa, was on the island of Lemnos, a snake struck his foot. Juno had sent it, angry with him because he alone rather than the others had dared to build the funeral pyre of Hercules
In this piece of injustice the Pazzi at once recognized the influence of the Medici. Giuliano de’ Medici often complained to his brother Lorenzo of the affair, saying he was afraid that by grasping at too much they would lose all.
Brutus called, he wants his personality back. He didn’t get implicated in a plot to kill Pompey for Cassius to be the only conspirator worth worrying about 😔
a little illustration of agrippa and octavian because I was reading a book earlier while thinking about a potential post fall of the republic comic (the octavian-antony divorce arc) once I finish the cassius comic, and had some thoughts
Le zèle que d'Artagnan mettait à servir le cardinal explique ces récompenses, malgré tout un peu tardives. Il le suit dans la bonne corme dans la mauvaise fortune.
-D'Artagnan, Capitaine des mousquetaires du roi, histoire véridique d'un héros de roman, Charles Samaran
I'm reading Charles Samaran's book on d'Artagnan, and 'Colbert a dit que d'Artagnan fut une créature de Mazarin; rien n'est plus vrai,' sure was a sentence to read.
Caligula with the sword, the mistaken Cassius with his head missing from his neck, the ghost of the conspirator Cassius angling Caligula's neck for better access, and Cassius Chaerea behind the curtain.