What poet or historian. ever conceived or witnessed so mighty a spectacle as that which is now proceeding, in our midst. The hurried partings with which, the air reverberates, the "God-bless-yous ...

Like so many other Roman treasures, it was borrowed from the ancient Greeks. Apicius used it in all his recipes, and the poet Martial wrote of it: "Accept this exquisite garum, a precious gift ...

One thing is clear: if we take ancient Greece out of the equation, the Ovid we read, celebrate, and admire today wouldn't ...