Re: Salting
- From: Martin Ambuhl <mambuhl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2007 13:38:30 -0400
Marius Hancu wrote:
Hello:
I know a bit about Carthage and its history, but I don't think I know
the meaning of "salting" here.
The third Punic War ended with the destruction of Carthage in 146 BCE. The thoroughness of the destruction was said to be without parallel, with the site of the city being plowed and, some say, with salt being sown in the furrows so nothing might ever grow there again.
"Salting" means to apply salt.
The entire room is lined with books and strange fish swimming in.
colored globes; there are maps and charts on the wall, maps of Paris before
the plague, maps of the antique world, of Knossus and Carthage, of Carthage
before and after the salting.
Henry Miller, Tropic of Cancer, p. 63
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