ruins umarell

elisabetta, 1999, italy

[senecana]

salvete classics tumblr! i'm elisabetta and i'm trapped in the hell (lovingly) that is the university of bologna, italy. i'm normal and i can be trusted around seneca's de brevitate vitae, i promise :)

[heaveninawildflower]

Sapphire and gold necklace (Ancient Greek, 3rd–2nd century BCE).

Courtesy Saint Louis Art Museum.

[glowcowboy]

i hope whatever weighs on your heart grows lighter soon

[translatingpostsintolatin]

mox spero factum leve quod tibi cor gravat iri – – | – – | – u u || – u u | – u u | – – (dactylic hexametre)

[senecana]

Seneca, Epistulae ad Lucilium I