Friday, January 9, 2015

Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily

Image from page 56 of "Omnia D. And. Alciati emblemata : ad quae singula, praeter concinnas acutásque inscriptiones, lepidas & expressas imagines, ac caetera omnia, quae prioribus nostris editionibus cúm ad eorum distinctionem, tum ad ornatum & correction

When Graecus's new friends suggested he join them in a "trireme," he thought they were referring to a ship.  He was mistaken.

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