Pope Joan Page #3

But thanks to Jesus and the Apostles,

it grew and grew.

She must has persuaded her brother

to teach her behind my back.

I will punish her accordingly.

And the birds that nest

in the branches?

They are the faithful who find

salvation in the Church.

And the mustard seed could also

represent Jesus Christ,

for he was like a seed

when he was buried...

and like a tree when he was resurrected

and rose toward heaven.

Thank you.

You heard that?

The mustard seed is the symbol

of faith of the Church and the Christ.

A classical scriptural exegesis.

Your daughter displayed an

extraordinarily sharp mind.

- I will teach her.

- The girl? You are not serious?

I am. Of course they will never

approve her in Rome and the Schola.

I will come and teach her here

as far as I can.

And what about the boy?

Forgive me, but the Schola

is not for your son.

He is to be passed over while a mere girl

gets to study the Holy Scripture?

Out of the question!

It would be a sacrilege to waste such

an alert mind.

No!

Either you teach both,

or neither.

This is by Cicero, the greatest

orator Rome ever knew.

- And they let you bring it?

- No.

But why should I let the boys

at the cathedral school better off...

to enjoy their offerings of the library.

The Academy in Athens

stood for a 1,000 years.

Then Emperor Justinian forbade it.

A great age of philosophers ended.

So where could you

study their writings?

How could all that knowledge

be preserved for so long?

Well, in that same year...

Saint Benedict founded

his monastery in Montecassino.

Soon, many others were built, and within

their protected walls the legacies of

the wise, Greeks and Romans, could be

handed down through the centuries.

The Earth is the center of the universe.

We're encircled by a

crystal shelf, the sphere...

to which the planets are attached.

Pythagoras says they even

make music as they turn.

I... have bad news.

Another man has applied

for the position of schoolmaster,

and the Bishop thinks he is

better suited than I.

- No! That cannot be!

- I'll go to Byzantium,

Now I will do whatever I can to make sure

your precious gift will not go unused.

I have promised you.

This is for you.

It is Homer's "Odyssey,"

The oldest writing work

known to mankind.

I transcribed it myself.

First, the Greek original,

followed by the Latin translation.

- Where did you get this book?

- Aesculapius gave it to me.

What kind of language is this?

- How can you read this?

- It is Greek, father.

I learned it from Aesculapius.

You have insulted God

with your disobedience.

As the punishment... you work day and

night, taking nothing but bread and water

until every last word of

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