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2 unusual facts about The Siege of Numantia


The Siege of Numantia

He reprimands his troops, whose martial spirit has begun to be superseded by the pleasures of Venus and Bacchus.

Although Venus is invoked, Marandro assures his friend Leoncio that true love (as opposed to Roman lust) does not impede his duties as citizen and soldier.


Frederick A. de Armas

This study focuses on Cervantes’ most famous tragedy, La Numancia, showing how it is engaged in a conversation with classical authors of Greece and Rome, especially through the interpretations of antiquity presented by the artist Raphael.

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Miguel de Cervantes (author of Don Quixote) wrote a play about the siege, El cerco de Numancia, which stands today as his best-known dramatic work.


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