April 24, 2006
The Temple of Iconoclasts
by J. Rodolfo Wilcock, as translated by Lawrence Venuti:
“The most striking aspect of this vision is the double nature attributed to the heavenly bodies. From the moment of condensation, they adopt their traditional names, nearly always in the Latin forms: Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jove, Saturn, and Uranus. The Sun, however, is called Helios, the moon Artemis, and the earth — perhaps through some unknown Teutonic affinity — Oops.” (p. 36)
San Francisco: Mercury House, 2000
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