Wednesday 14 May 2014

The Onomasticon of Euebius

Talmudic sources talk of idolatrous practices at the Oak of Mamre. In the Onomasticon, Eusebius, the church historian, describes the cultish site. However his writings, especially those about the Book of Revelations (which he says reflects the religious persecutions under Domitian) are thought to be exaggerated. Nevertheless from the depths of her incarceration, Prigentia, also waiting for things to happen, consults the Ptolomaic charts of Eusebius, and reads the same predictions as Loretta. This will indeed be the day of her revenge. Understanding the association between the Mamre Oak and the Great Elm, she realises that she only needs to persuade two people to link their fate to that of the Great Elm and all will unfold as she wishes.

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