Midsummer Glossary

by Derek Walcott

Midsummer Glossary

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Fresco

A style of painting, associated mainly with Italy, in which painting is done on wet, not dry, plaster

Pensione

The equivalent of a bed-and-breakfast in Italy

Icon

A religious symbol or image

Toga

A style of dress in Ancient Rome. Men would wear togas in public.

Ovid

A writer in Ancient Greece, best known for Metamorphoses

Ugolino

A prominent political and military figure in Italian history, he features in Dante's Divine Comedy

Catacomb

A burial place located underground.

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