Here’s a brief talk entitled “Regina Magica: ‘Sympathetic Magic,’ the φαρμακός motif, and Dido’s Rituals in Book IV of the Aeneid” in defense of the ‘magical’ character of Dido’s suicide.
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The Modern Hermeticist 
Hi Dan: I like your paper on Dido and I wanted to refer others to it. I teach AP Latin and your paper is something that is accessible enough that I could use with students, but scholarly enough to be a good example for them. There used to be a version of the full paper online somewhere, but now all that I can find is the lecture. Can you give me a link to the non-lecture version? Thank you!
Catherine
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Great blogg you have here
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