Sunday, July 3, 2011

O Cithaeron!

A plate from The Thoughts of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, edition illustrated by Sir William Russell Flint:

Wm Russell Flint — O Cithaeron! — 1909

2 comments:

Larry MacDougall said...

Nice !

borky said...

Bloody hell!

Long time since I last read Marcus Aurelius, but I don't remember anything as raunchy and carnal as this!

Who'd've thought spiritual lucubrations could seem so 'heavenly' or 'divine'?