person
Gaius Mucius Scaevola
Mucius Scaevola
also: Муций Сцевола
Legendary Roman youth said to have thrust his hand into fire before the Etruscan king Lars Porsena to prove Roman resolve; a stock exemplar of stoic courage in classical education.
Reading notes
- The Alarm Clock's Calendar §35 Scaevola
The legendary Roman youth who burned off his own hand before an enemy king to prove Roman fortitude; recasting the stoic exemplar as a card-table loser ("stukolka") is the joke.