Clock Quotes

Posted on December 29, 2006 by | 2 Comments

Death’s brother, Sleep.
Virgil (70 BC – 19 BC), Aeneid

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2 responses to “Clock Quotes”

  1. csrster's avatar csrster | December 29, 2006 at 7:06 am |

    That must be where Hans Christian Andersen got the idea. http://www.andersen.sdu.dk/vaerk/hersholt/OleLukoie_e.html

  2. Erechtheides's avatar Erechtheides | December 29, 2006 at 12:03 pm |

    Actually, that goes back at least as far as Hesiod’s Theogony (8th cent. BCE); Vergil got a lot from him.