SC - Re: Apicius site, some thoughts

[Lilinah biti-Anat]

At 6:35 AM -0800 11/16/99, Laura C. Minnick wrote:

>Apropos of nothing, but my student, Vesta, is working on a Minoan/Cretan
>gown for 12th Night- you know, like the one on the snake goddess statue.
>And yes, she plans to bare it, at least part of the evening. I think
>it's great. Of course, I would probably rack it up to play-acting- after
>all, King Edward III of blessed memory liked to have tournaments and
>theme parties- he even had a tournament based on Arthur's Court, where
>everyone cam as someone different. I seem to remember such a party (was
>it Edward, or that wastrel father of his?) focuses on Imperianl Rome. So
>Crete? Why not?

Presumably because people in the Middle ages didn't know anything 
about Minoan Crete, beyond the Theseus story.

David/Cariadoc
http://www.best.com/~ddfr/
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