Dear Dad, Send Money – Letters from Students in the Middle Ages

Re:Dear Dad, Send Money – Letters from Students in the Middl... by sisl on Tuesday September 08, 2015 @06:16AM (#10184856)

The first one is more subtle, but he's even more brazen.

"For you must know that without Ceres and Bacchus Apollo grows cold."

Ceres is the goddess of fertility. Bacchus the god of booze.

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Re:Dear Dad, Send Money – Letters from Students in the Middl... by freshyill on Tuesday September 08, 2015 @12:13PM (#10186558)

Yeah that's the one I was referencing. Ceres is also the goddess of agriculture and grains, so I figured he was asking for beer (Ceres) and wine (Bacchus).

Although your interpretation of Ceres would make this a much more interesting thing to write home to dad about.

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