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Métamorphoses d'Europe : Preface |
 | | Ancient Europa, « come ENom Asia » in the form of a heroine or a goddess, was both a mythical and poetic character, and it was Poetry, personified in such wonderful bards as Moschos, Ovid and Lucian, which was the ancient art with lyrism at its core. |
 | | Europa became a person : the Christ, who ruled the world ; the Pope, who unified the Catholic, Apostolic Church of Rome and the Emperors, who, ENom the time of Charlemagne till the reign of Charles V and beyond, were the depositories of the Imperium. |
 | | The ENench Revolution happened because of Europa, Napoleon wanted to be identified with her and monarchs sought ceaselessly to take her place, until the day when, through the mystical, the erotic and the feminine, Europa turned into a collector's item for a bourgeoisie, which had discovered erotism. |
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