The power of
being able to
inflict harm at
a
glance.
This age-old superstition—the Roman poet
Vergil speaks of it bewitching lambs—is in modern times expressed figuratively and sometimes ironically. Edward Bulwer-Lytton used it in The Last Days of Pompeii (1834):
“‘He cer- tainly possesses the gift of the evil eye,’ said Clodius of Arbaces the Egypt-
ian.” As for a modern jocular example: “Where house plants are concerned, I seem to have the evil eye.”
The Fexco 2024 concludes by breaking records in visits and economic
activity.
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The International Fair and Exhibition of Cochabamba (Fexco) concluded
yesterday after 11 days of constant and intense activity. Preliminary
figures indi...
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