A quotation to show Lamia as both predator and prey, villain and victim…
“Striped like a zebra, freckled like a pard”
A quotation to compare Lamia’s first sight of Lycius to the doomed story of Orpheus and Eurydice…
“Look back! He did but Orpheus-like at a Eurydice”
Quotation to show Lycius is proud to have Lamia as a prize and parade her through the streets…
“What mortal hath a prize […] I should rejoice […] through the thronged streets”
A quotation to show Apollonius is representative of logic and reason, named after the god Apollo…
“Philosophy will clip an angel’s wings”
Toby Martin
“Lamia’s real identity is ambiguous and unresolved”