Authors’ Note:
Welcome to this new series of posts on ALMA GENETRIX! I’ll be posting these micro-musings on the weeks between my normal cycle of longer posts (the 1st and 15th of every month). I take my inspiration for this series from who tasked her small cohort of interlocutors with trying out this format.
Vortices of fog pool in an ancient ampitheater,
While the demigods meet in the center to form an alliance.
Mithras stares down a darkened hallway—
And slays the bull with a silver blade.
—Mitreo delle terme di Mitra, Ostia Antica (Lazio, Italy), 28 September 2022
Alex! I love this piece. I noticed the link for Mitreo delle terme di Mitra, which made we wonder - when you travel somewhere, do you look in to the history and do research on the location beforehand? Or do you just do a spontaneous adventure and happen upon these landmarks? Would love to experience this through your perspective! -Lauren