Annotations to James Joyce's Ulysses/Circe/465

thumb|600px|center|page=468 Annotations virgo intacta5(Latin) undefiled virgin.Gifford (1988) 481. This is the medical term for a girl or woman whose hymen is unbroken, which generally indicates that she has never had sexual intercourse. fetor judaicus5(Latin) Jewish stench.Gifford (1988) 481. It is said that the myth that Jews emit a fetid stink derives from an error (possibly deliberate) of a medieval copyist, who mistranscribed a passage by Ammianus Marcellinus, replacing Judaeorum petentium (of the attacking Jews) with Judaeorum fetentium (of the ill-smelling Jews).Ammianus Marcellinus 22:5:5. and English.The Jews: A Study of Race and Environment Fishberg Maurice 1911 The Walter Scott Publishing Company London 314 http://www.archive.org/stream/jewsastudyracea00fishgoog#page/n335/mode/1up Joyce is believed to have read this book; see Ellmann (1982) 395 and note. References Annotations to James Joyce's UlyssesPreceding Page | Page Index | Next Page