a propos of nothing, classics, politics

About time, Augustus

Appropriately, I hear this in Los Angeles: “Italian archaeologists believe they have found the cave where, according to legend, a she-wolf nursed Romulus and Remus, the twin founders of Rome.”

Do we use that prefix “she-” for anything else? She-bear? I want to be a she-human. It sounds more like you’re a predator.

I also love this sentence, which sounds like it comes from a real estate bulletin, or something about the ongoing Malibu fires: “Closed to the public for decades due to the risk of collapse, Augustus’ palace will reopen in February.”

We went to Zuma yesterday, but the canyons are burning today.

Standard