 | Clayton Koelb, Susan Noakes - 1988 - Страниц: 392
...illegitimate incestuous love on the grounds that the pagan queen in question, Semiramis, lived at a time when "there was still no written law, and people lived...allowed to do whatever came into their hearts without sinning";37 and Gary has her wicked character Salome, who plays an lago-like role in shaping Mariam's... | |
 | Susan Schibanoff - 2006 - Страниц: 376
...nobly. Christine further explains that Semiramis's 'great mistake' is understandable in a time when 'there was still no written law, and people lived...do whatever came into their hearts without sinning' (40). Had Semiramis thought her act was illicit, Christine assures her readers, she would never have... | |
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But this lady did nothing to excuse herself for this great mistake because at this time there was still no written law, and people lived according to the law of Nature, where all people were allowed to do whatever came into their hearts without sinning... 