GRGR(5) some questions on pp. 92-113

Thomas Eckhardt uzs7lz at uni-bonn.de
Fri Jul 9 11:21:28 CDT 1999


>"IN HOC SIGNO VINCES"? (101.2) Here the sign (of God? Death?) prevails?

"Beneath this sign thou shalt conquer." (Penguin Dictionary of Quotations)
Words either heard by the Roman emperor Constantine during a vision in which
he perceived a cross in the sky or, in another account, inscribed on that
cross. This happened just before some very important battle. A message from
above if there ever was one... 
Thomas

			
                   		
		"This trucker says it's good to be free, 
		 says he knows lots of folks who agree."

		Silver Jews




More information about the Pynchon-l mailing list