"Ovid among the Scythians," Eugène Delacroix (1859)
"Dante a Verona," by Frederic Leighton (1864)
"Dante a Verona," by Antonio Cotti (1879)
"Bladud in Exile," Benjamin West (1807)
Road to the Land of Nod, 1910 - Childe Hassam
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Reflections of horror and wonder in the face of exile and death
The Black Death
"We see death coming into our midst like black smoke..."
- Ieuan Gethin, 1349
Epictetus on Exile and Death
Site Texts
§ John Donne, "Death, Be Not Proud"
§ Innocent III, "Food for the Worm"
§ Innocent III, "On the Nearness of Death"
§ Epictetus's 'Enchiridion'
§ Epictetus's 'Letter to Menoeceus'
§ Seneca's Tragedies and Philosophy
§ Seneca's Dialogues
§ Ovid's 'Letters from Exile'
§ Ovid's 'Letters from the Black Sea'
§ Ovid's Metamorphosis
§ Marcus Aurelius on Anger and Desire
§ Marcus Aurelius on Slander and Gossip
§ The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius
§ Heidegger on Death in 'Being and Time'
§ Innocent III, "Food for the Worm"
§ Innocent III, "On the Nearness of Death"
§ Epictetus's 'Enchiridion'
§ Epictetus's 'Letter to Menoeceus'
§ Seneca's Tragedies and Philosophy
§ Seneca's Dialogues
§ Ovid's 'Letters from Exile'
§ Ovid's 'Letters from the Black Sea'
§ Ovid's Metamorphosis
§ Marcus Aurelius on Anger and Desire
§ Marcus Aurelius on Slander and Gossip
§ The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius
§ Heidegger on Death in 'Being and Time'
Site Music
§ Kammarheit's "Sphaerula"
§ Kammarheit's "Aeon"
§ Kammarheit's "The Nest"
§ Aindulmedir's "Sleep-Form"
§ Kammarheit's "In the Dreamer's Fields"
§ Bostrom's "Earthwards"
§ Kammarheit's "Aeon"
§ Kammarheit's "The Nest"
§ Aindulmedir's "Sleep-Form"
§ Kammarheit's "In the Dreamer's Fields"
§ Bostrom's "Earthwards"
Films and Film Clips
Site Labels
- Burdens and Trials of Exile
- Elders That Dream of Ruin
- Harvesting Seeds from Crops
- Lessons from Dante
- Lessons from Epictetus
- Lessons from Jung
- Lessons from Tacitus
- Marxists At Their Best
- Reveries and Imageries
- The Coming and Passing of Man
- The Surface and the Shadow
- The Way of All Flesh
- They Drink and They Drink
- Works and Ways of Idi Amin
- Works and Ways of Napoleon
- Works and Ways of Vigeland
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