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Word: oenotheas (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1970
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There's only one hope left: the Witch Oenothea, who in a trade-off with a wizard long ago ended up with fire between her legs. And it's real fire too, because Fellini shows us a scene in which a long line of foolish-looking peasants wait with unlit torches at Oenotheas's bed. When their time comes, each devoutly places his torch between her legs to her sex, and "Poof." It is as if Fellini cannot bear to let us imagine anything. Anyway, Encolpius goes to Oenothea, and she "lights his fire," as it were, and he walks...

Author: By David R. Ignatius, | Title: The Moviegoer Fellini Satyricon at the Cheri 3 | 4/6/1970 | See Source »

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