(urth) Path of Air
António Marques
entonio at gmail.com
Thu Aug 19 17:03:46 PDT 2010
On 19 August 2010 04:54, Lee Berman <severiansola at hotmail.com> wrote:
> Further exploration of the Roman empress angle might be to check out
> Valeria's speaking
> Latin phrases to Severian. She may not be the best linguist but she
> translates "dei"
> to mean "New Sun". Severian has to be a bit pleased with that on more than
> one level.
>
Lux dei vitae viam monstrat
The beam of the New Sun lights the way of life
The light of God points forth the path for life
Felicibus brevis, miseris hora longa
Men wait long for happiness
Time runs slowly for the unfortunate ones, fast for the fortunate ones
or Time runs slowly for those who are sad, fast for those who are happy
Aspice ut aspiciar
N/A
See, in order for me to be seen
I don't think anyone knows much about Valeria Severa. But Wolfe may have
liked the name. Which came first, his name or hers? For all we know, Valeria
may be his mother and Catherine his sister. Has anyone worked out the
significance of the name Severian, besides the bishop?
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