Pastoral Region

Famous quotes containing the words pastoral and/or region:

    “Et in Arcadia ego.
    [I too am in Arcadia.]”
    —Anonymous, Anonymous.

    Tomb inscription, appearing in classical paintings by Guercino and Poussin, among others. The words probably mean that even the most ideal earthly lives are mortal. Arcadia, a mountainous region in the central Peloponnese, Greece, was the rustic abode of Pan, depicted in literature and art as a land of innocence and ease, and was the title of Sir Philip Sidney’s pastoral romance (1590)

    “He went into all the region around the Jordan, proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.”
    —Bible: New Testament, Luke 3:3.