Valentine’s Day, Wolves, and Lupercalia

Posted on 17th February 2016 by William the Bloody

An interesting article by Benjamin Breen on the ethnography of Valentine’s Day, showing its origins in the pagan festival of Lupercalia and the connections to the transfigured Lycaon in Ovid’s Metamorphosis.

Pin0LinkedIn0Share1Print0

About William the Bloody

Cat lover. 18C scholar on the dialogue and novel. Co-convenor OGOM Project
This entry was posted in Resources and tagged , , , , , . Bookmark the permalink.

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

eleven + 4 =

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.