tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post2534087682774775946..comments2024-03-23T12:38:46.260+00:00Comments on The History Girls: A HIDDEN ROMAN VILLA by Ann TurnbullMary Hoffmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06241989732624913706noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-11475575453825370202015-09-03T19:23:16.593+01:002015-09-03T19:23:16.593+01:00Thanks for this, Anne. Never heard of this villa b...Thanks for this, Anne. Never heard of this villa but want to go there now. Especially interesting about Apollo Cunomagios. There is a church next to nearby Hailes Abbey with a wall painting showing a hunting scene, as I recall. A man and a dog and a hare? Maybe the local deity lived on into the Christian period. He might well have been a Romanization of Herne the Hunter, a continuity of belief stretching over millennia. Thanks for letting us know about this. Celia Reeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05059549379622664741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-61313726050698730882015-09-03T19:23:15.484+01:002015-09-03T19:23:15.484+01:00Thanks for this, Anne. Never heard of this villa b...Thanks for this, Anne. Never heard of this villa but want to go there now. Especially interesting about Apollo Cunomagios. There is a church next to nearby Hailes Abbey with a wall painting showing a hunting scene, as I recall. A man and a dog and a hare? Maybe the local deity lived on into the Christian period. He might well have been a Romanization of Herne the Hunter, a continuity of belief stretching over millennia. Thanks for letting us know about this. Celia Reeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05059549379622664741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-14298424015528744512015-09-01T18:43:13.958+01:002015-09-01T18:43:13.958+01:00Lovely. Thank you -Lovely. Thank you -Joan Lennonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15763862159032836768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-61937549178221810772015-09-01T12:59:39.690+01:002015-09-01T12:59:39.690+01:00And thank YOU, Ann! This is wonderful! I might try...And thank YOU, Ann! This is wonderful! I might try to find it myself, and seek out Sudeley Castle, too. Caroline Lawrencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07249424644829463560noreply@blogger.com