xxx/ellauri154.html on line 228: Furthermore, it is quite possible that Moreau was acquainted with Flaubert’s 1862 Salammbô and with Mallarmé’s 1864 Hérodiade, which would have influenced his approach.
xxx/ellauri154.html on line 237: Matho (joka on ruumiikas kuten Flaubert izekin) steals the sacred veil of Carthage, the Zaïmph, prompting Salammbô to enter the mercenaries´ camp in an attempt to steal it back. This gives occasion for a round of juicy copulation. Believing each other to be divine apparitions, they make love, not war.
xxx/ellauri154.html on line 239: Matho is tortured before his execution; Salammbô, witnessing this, dies of shock. The Zaïmph has brought death upon those who touched it. What shock? Sounds more like a case of poisoning:
xxx/ellauri154.html on line 241: Salammbô se leva comme son époux, avec une coupe à la main, afin de boire aussi. Elle retomba, la tête en arrière, par-dessus le dossier du trône, blême, raidie, les lèvres ouvertes, et ses cheveux dénoués pendaient jusqu’à terre. Ainsi mourut la fille d’Hamilcar pour avoir touché au manteau de Tanit. »
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