Dickinson College Commentaries

Rosemary Hulse reads Argonautica, Book 4.625-682

Close up of Berenice's Eyes

Close up of Berenice's eyes

Berenice's eyes

Piercing eyesight of Queen Berenice

Imagined confluence of the Rhine, Po and Rhône

Imagined confluence of the Rhine, Po and Rhône

Witenwasserenstock

Witenwasserenstock

Argonauts across Europe 2

Argonauts across Europe 2

Argonauts across Europe 1

Argonauts across Europe 1

Aphrodite Anadyomene

Photograph showing the upper part of a marble statue of Aphrodite. The statue is visible from the waist up. Aphrodite is nude. Her arms are raised, her hands on either side of her head gathering her hair and twisting it ti wring it out.

Roman Ivory Comb

Double-sided ivory comb. The center spine has been carved out to read MODESTINA VHEE.

Roman Ivory Hair Pin

Ivory hair pin. One end is tapered to a point to be inserted in the hair. The opposite end features a carving of a monkey sitting on his back haunches with his front paws raised at chest height. The monkey carving sits atop a turned section of ivory shaped like a small pedestal, below which the ivory is incised in five concentric bands.