From: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org (alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest) To: ammf-digest@smoe.org Subject: alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest V14 #15169 Reply-To: ammf@fruvous.com Sender: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest Sunday, December 8 2024 Volume 14 : Number 15169 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Upgrade to an iPad-Now at Walmart! ["Walmart Ipad Pro" Subject: Upgrade to an iPad-Now at Walmart! Upgrade to an iPad-Now at Walmart! http://purplebrun.za.com/l7k6-TkpgEXYbXsgJR3lb79hxjInVzkB1VcEsVW9ruFTtksc http://purplebrun.za.com/WyYch9Z6NVFDmmRl1GOR5l5jJWkhJxVi9cnpWX8Go1ZmRkk2 ptured by Carthaginian forces and eventually executed after being blinded by the Sun. The scene is a landscape of either Rome or Carthage, with ships and buildings surrounding the ocean. The painting is dominated by the blinding white Sun in the centre. Turner originally painted and exhibited Regulus during an 1828 visit to Rome, after which it was transported back to England, where he lived. At some point during or after the shipping, the upper left part of the canvas was torn, requiring a repair and repainting. The work was kept in Turner's gallery until 1837, when it was overpainted during a varnishing day at the British Institution. It subsequently gained notoriety, inspiring two derivative paintings and two engravings. Regulus was a controversial work, leading to it being stabbed in 1863 by a homeless man named Walter Stephenson. It is currently held at Tate Britain in London. Background The Departure of Regulus (1769), Benjamin West The titular figure, Marcus Atilius Regulus, was a Roman consul and general who served in the First Punic War. During the war he was captured by Carthaginian forces, before being sent to Rome to negotiate a prisoner exchange. Upon arrival, he instructed the Romans to refuse any prisoner exchange, knowing that he would be executed upon returning to Carthage. He refused to break his parole and returned to the enemy city, after which his exact fate is unknown. Accounts by ancient historians tend to agree that Regulus was tortured by having his eyelids removed or sewn open, before being forced to stare at the Sun, leading to blindness. Various historians add det ------------------------------ End of alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest V14 #15169 ***********************************************