- The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.
The result was: promoted by Amkgp (talk) 21:19, 17 August 2020 (UTC)
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Epodes (Horace)
- ... that a hostile reviewer of Uncle Tom's Cabin likened the book to a witch from Horace's Epodes? Source: "Perhaps the most disturbing allusion to the Epodes that I have encountered also belongs to the context of the American civil war. This is an unsigned review of Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin [...]: '[T]he airy phantom which flitted before our earlier fancy, is transmuted into an aged and haggard crone, who wears the mask, pads her shrivelled limbs, and clothes herself in a deceptive garb, that she may steal more securely into our unsuspicious favor, mumble her incantations before we recognise them as the song of Canidia, and distill into our ears the venom of her tongue, before any apprehension is awakened.' " Oliensis (2016) 229-30.
- Reviewed: None required, this is my second DYK nomination.
- Comment: The source for the hook corresponds to footnote 52 in the article.
Created by Modussiccandi (talk). Self-nominated at 20:10, 11 August 2020 (UTC).
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Harley MS 3534, a twelfth-century manuscript
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manuscripts? might be worth adding a picture so that this gets the first, picture slot—and, likely, the most views; more than good to go, Maculosae tegmine lyncis (talk) 22:31, 11 August 2020 (UTC)
- switching the approval to a query: don't know if you're interested in a potential ALT? Maculosae tegmine lyncis (talk) 00:44, 12 August 2020 (UTC)
ALT1: ... that a hostile reviewer of Uncle Tom's Cabin likened the book to a witch (her name pictured, alongside garlic) from Horace's Epodes?
ALT2: ... that a hostile reviewer of Uncle Tom's Cabin likened the book to a witch (her name visible above the hole pictured) from Horace's Epodes?
- @Maculosae tegmine lyncis: thanks for your review and the suggestion. I think it's a very good idea - I was planning to add an image of a manuscript but didn't quite know where to get it. Regarding the hook, I think ALT2 is better because ALT1's 'alongside garlic' might be confusing to readers. Thanks again, I think the image really improves the article and the hook. Modussiccandi (talk) 09:25, 12 August 2020 (UTC)
- Good to go once more, with ALT2, Maculosae tegmine lyncis (talk) 09:27, 12 August 2020 (UTC)