Like your pet more than people? So did some of the Greco-Romans
- Written by Konstantine Panegyres, McKenzie Postdoctoral Fellow, researching Greco-Roman antiquity, The University of Melbourne
Jacques Mossot/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SAThe Roman writer Claudius Aelian (2nd–3rd century CE) tells us a curious story about a boy and a pet snake:
A boy bought a small snake and reared it with great care. When it grew he spoke to it as if it could hear, played with it and let it stay in his bed while he was sleeping. When it became very...
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