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“The Rape of Persephone” by Rupert Bunny, 1913. Featured Image @adynamicreader - What’s in a ‘locus’? Some notes on Fasti 4.417-8

What’s in a ‘locus’? Some notes on Fasti 4.417-8

‘The locus demands I proclaim the virgin’s rape. You’ll recognise many things, and a few you ought to learn.’ Is ‘locus’ a location in space and is that space in the real world, on a page, or in the mind? Is ‘locus’ a point in time? Is it some when and where we have been before? How many things can fit in a ‘locus’?