Post by callaina on Jul 18, 2023 22:48:41 GMT
Curious about this from Georgics 1:276-280:
Ipsa dies alios alio dedit ordine luna
felicis operum. quintam fuge: pallidus Orcus
Eumenidesque satae; tum partu Terra nefando
Coeumque Iapetumque creat saeuumque Typhoea
et coniuratos caelum rescindere fratres.
Did the Romans consider 5 an unlucky number in general, or just in this particular context? And were there any other numbers they considered unlucky?
Ipsa dies alios alio dedit ordine luna
felicis operum. quintam fuge: pallidus Orcus
Eumenidesque satae; tum partu Terra nefando
Coeumque Iapetumque creat saeuumque Typhoea
et coniuratos caelum rescindere fratres.
Did the Romans consider 5 an unlucky number in general, or just in this particular context? And were there any other numbers they considered unlucky?
