Translator´s Note that may help English- speaking readers to understand this text better: leap-year in Latin and modern Latin languages is called “bi sextum” year, like “twice sixth” year. This, as you will check later, is essential to be taken into account before starting to read this article in order to be able to understand it properly.
The couvade
“Couvade” is a word derived from the French “couvade”; “couver” means “incubate” “brood.” This ethnographic term designates a rite of sympathetic magic or formula for newborn recognition of newborn, practiced in some villages at the time of the birth of a son; that is a kind of simulation of birth by the father, who lies in the bed with the baby.
The drunkenness begets deformed creatures
The philosopher, politician and writer Henri-Benjamin Constant, Swiss-born French (1767-1830) wrote in 1816 a famous speech or treatise entitled ‘The Liberty of the Ancients Compared with that of the Moderns’ (1819).
Apollonius of Rhodes, Giovanni Papini, Luis Buñuel
Is it possible to establish a connection between Apollonius of Rhodes, the writer Giovanni Papini and filmmaker Buñuel? Was Buñuel inspired by Papini in a famous sequence of a famous film of his? Had Papini read Apollonius?
Lynceus eyes
“Lynx eyes” is an Spanish phrase (equivalent to “eagle eyes”) that applies to a person of view particularly acute or especially clever and insightful understanding, ie. a crafty person.
Greek masters studied with Egyptian teachers
The “classical” Greek culture is the result of plentiful and different historical influences.
He speaks in a stentorian voice
Nouns often have the potentiality to generate adjectives that express a particular attribute of the character of the person designated by that name.
The naptime (the siesta)
The “siesta” is a widespread custom in Spain and increasingly copied abroad
Wines with denomination of origin.
The wheat, the wine and the oil are the three characteristic products of Mediterranean cultures from the Neolithic.
Greeks and Romans did not have a prophet who will dictate their dogmas
The Greek and Roman religions have no prophets, no dogmatic books, and have no hierarchy priestly class.