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Re: One of the most crucial moments in GL History
Posted by Dante on 2005-August-10 04:15:42 EDT, Wednesday
In reply to One of the most crucial moments in GL History posted by LGsinmyheart on 2005-August-09 23:54:03 EDT, Tuesday
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But a quick check on the internet shows that he was 9 and she was 8 yrs old when this happened. They met again later when he was 18. But both were wed to others. And Dante never knew her as anything other than an ideal.
Her death at 24 sealed her youth in the popular imagination. Whereas its the elderly Dante who achieved immortality. This is why Rosetti and others paint an old poet meeting his youthful inspiration.
Sorry to dissapoint.
Dante
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- Here comes the GM then... - LGsinmyheart on 2005-August-10 19:56:38 EDT, Wednesday - (0 / 0 / 0)
- It's not disappointing - Markaba on 2005-August-10 13:37:36 EDT, Wednesday - (0 / 0 / 0)