Comments on: Reading Alfred Jarry’s The Supermale, I came across this reference to a Roman Empress named Valeria Messalina who once won a contest for copulating with 25 men in one night http://htmlgiant.com/excerpts/reading-alfred-jarrys-the-supermale-i-came-across-this-reference-to-a-nymphomaniac-roman-empress-named-valeria-messalina/ the internet literature magazine blog of the future Sun, 12 Feb 2012 08:15:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ken Baumann http://htmlgiant.com/excerpts/reading-alfred-jarrys-the-supermale-i-came-across-this-reference-to-a-nymphomaniac-roman-empress-named-valeria-messalina/comment-page-1/#comment-39591 Ken Baumann Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:23:10 +0000 http://htmlgiant.com/?p=19231#comment-39591 Yes. 'cheeks grimed with lamp-smoke' Yes.

‘cheeks grimed with lamp-smoke’

]]> By: Ken Baumann http://htmlgiant.com/excerpts/reading-alfred-jarrys-the-supermale-i-came-across-this-reference-to-a-nymphomaniac-roman-empress-named-valeria-messalina/comment-page-1/#comment-126918 Ken Baumann Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:23:00 +0000 http://htmlgiant.com/?p=19231#comment-126918 Yes. 'cheeks grimed with lamp-smoke' Yes.

‘cheeks grimed with lamp-smoke’

]]> By: reynard http://htmlgiant.com/excerpts/reading-alfred-jarrys-the-supermale-i-came-across-this-reference-to-a-nymphomaniac-roman-empress-named-valeria-messalina/comment-page-1/#comment-39571 reynard Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:52:52 +0000 http://htmlgiant.com/?p=19231#comment-39571 good man good man

]]> By: reynard http://htmlgiant.com/excerpts/reading-alfred-jarrys-the-supermale-i-came-across-this-reference-to-a-nymphomaniac-roman-empress-named-valeria-messalina/comment-page-1/#comment-126917 reynard Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:52:00 +0000 http://htmlgiant.com/?p=19231#comment-126917 good man good man

]]> By: JonCone http://htmlgiant.com/excerpts/reading-alfred-jarrys-the-supermale-i-came-across-this-reference-to-a-nymphomaniac-roman-empress-named-valeria-messalina/comment-page-1/#comment-39550 JonCone Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:08:14 +0000 http://htmlgiant.com/?p=19231#comment-39550 I concur with Mr. Scapellato. I concur with Mr. Scapellato.

]]> By: JosephScapellato http://htmlgiant.com/excerpts/reading-alfred-jarrys-the-supermale-i-came-across-this-reference-to-a-nymphomaniac-roman-empress-named-valeria-messalina/comment-page-1/#comment-39533 JosephScapellato Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:26:53 +0000 http://htmlgiant.com/?p=19231#comment-39533 Peter Green is a GREAT translator. Bonus: the works of his I have are packed with lovely footnotes. He's unafraid to be wry and playful. Peter Green is a GREAT translator.
Bonus: the works of his I have are packed with lovely footnotes. He’s unafraid to be wry and playful.

]]> By: JosephScapellato http://htmlgiant.com/excerpts/reading-alfred-jarrys-the-supermale-i-came-across-this-reference-to-a-nymphomaniac-roman-empress-named-valeria-messalina/comment-page-1/#comment-126916 JosephScapellato Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:26:00 +0000 http://htmlgiant.com/?p=19231#comment-126916 Peter Green is a GREAT translator. Bonus: the works of his I have are packed with lovely footnotes. He's unafraid to be wry and playful. Peter Green is a GREAT translator.
Bonus: the works of his I have are packed with lovely footnotes. He’s unafraid to be wry and playful.

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