These "Specimens of Fancy Turning" from a 1869 book of albumen silver prints look like antique, mystical spirograph toy drawings. These geometric designs were created on the hand or foot lathe". The ...

Polynices' shamefaced self-presentations in "Thebaid 1," Adrastus' sympathetic response, and Jupiter's eventual punishment of both characters are read as elements of a debate on the evitability of ...