“…“Mirror, Mirror, on the wall, who’s the fairest of them all?” the Evil Queen asked her mirror, over and over. “You are, my Queen,” it replied. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Standard operating procedure: the paper trail -- A stake in the ground: the medieval Inquisition -- Queen of torments: the Spanish Inquisition -- That Satanic device: the Roman Inquisition -- To the ends of the earth: the global Inquisition -- The verdict of history: the secular Inquisition -- With God on our side: in praise of doubt…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Kallimachos and the politics of praise -- Zeus as a paradigm for dynastic continuity -- Kallimachos' hymn "on kingship" -- The poetics of praise in the hymn to Zeus -- Apollo as a new paradigm for kingship -- Saviors, tyrants, and the poetics of empire -- On the good queen -- Conclusion. On the good king according to Kallimachos…”