Annotations to James Joyce's Ulysses/Circe/412

thumb|600px|center|page=415 Annotations la belle dame sans merci5(French) the beautiful woman without pity. The traditional French concept of the beautiful woman who tempts men with the promise of love only to destroy them echoes the Greek myth of Circe. Keats used this expression as the title of a poem of 1819. ad deam qui laetificat juventutem meam5(Latin) to the goddess who gladdens my youth.Gifford (1988) 454.Thornton (1968) 360. Stephen has adapted a phrase from the Latin Tridentine Mass, which was still in use in 1904. At the start of the Mass, during the Prayers at the Foot of the Altar, the Priest intones the words: Introibo ad altare Dei (I will go into the altar of God). To this the servers respond: Ad Deum qui laetificat iuventutem meam (To God who gladdens my youth). See also 003.05. Joyce's spelling juventutem is an acceptable alternative to iuventutem. Gabler emends the text in favour of the latter.Ulysses: The Corrected Text Joyce James Hans Walter Gabler With Wolfhard Steppe and Claus Melchior 1986 The Bodley Head London 353 References Annotations to James Joyce's UlyssesPreceding Page | Page Index | Next Page