Colosseum - Rome, Italy - Literary Sites on Waymarking.com

In Chapter 4 "Saeculum Aureum" of Marguertie Yorcenars's novel "Memoirs of Hadrian" the Emperor Hadrian is mourning the recent suicide of his lover, Antinous. He begins to remember a series of incidents where people have acted irrationally over a loss..and then he also recalls "In the underground chambers of the Colosseum, I had been shown lions pining away because the dog with which their keepers had accustomed them to live had been taken away."
The "memoirs" make reference to the Colosseum on at least one other ocassion without specifically mentioning the site.

Short Description: see ablove Book Title: Memoirs of Hadrian First Year Published: 1951 Author's Name: Marguerite Yourcenar Name of Waymarked Item: Colosseum Location of Item: Rome, Italy More Information: Read more about the novel at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memoirs_of_Hadrian and more about the Colosseum at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colosseum Admission Price?: 16.00 (listed in local currency) Link to more information about the book or waymarked item.: [Web Link]

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