FVROR IMPIVS
My AP students are about to read the Jupiter's prophecy (and yes, we are behind, but blame block scheduling, standardized tests, and now snow days).
And I can't help but wish that someone would recreate the image that inspired the scene. Vergil's description is a apparently an ecphrasis of a painting by a certain Apelles, a painting that showed Alexander essentially gloating over the bound figure of raging Furor.
Now there's a theme for a neoclassical painter. Or some talented kid with lots of time on his hands. Any takers?
Eh. It was worth a shot.
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