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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Speaking of doves #41669 09/14/2001 2:25 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Militis in galea nidum fecere columbae Does anyone have the rest of this poem? It's by Petronius Arbiter. Roughly "the doves have made their nest in the soldier's helmet, see how Venus loves Mars." Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted the olive branch Keiva 09/13/2001 5:09 PM Re: the olive branch Flatlander 09/13/2001 5:18 PM Re: the olive branch consuelo 09/14/2001 1:06 AM Re: the olive branch Keiva 09/14/2001 1:58 AM Re: the olive branch Geoff 09/14/2001 4:04 AM Speaking of doves Faldage 09/14/2001 2:25 PM Re: the olive branch belMarduk 09/16/2001 1:34 AM Re: the olive branch Keiva 09/16/2001 1:53 AM Re: the olive branch belMarduk 09/16/2001 2:05 AM Re: the olive branch Keiva 09/16/2001 2:16 AM Re: the olive branch of troy 09/16/2001 2:43 AM Re: the olive branch Flatlander 09/17/2001 3:31 PM Fig leaf haberdashery TEd Remington 09/16/2001 3:05 PM Re: the olive branch Jackie 09/16/2001 2:41 AM Re: the olive branch rodward 09/17/2001 11:21 AM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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