VIRGIL: Re:

[John Geyssen]

Take Tro-i-a as 3 syllables:

Praedam ad/ serva/ bant. Huc/ undique/ Troia/gaza.

jg

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Denise Davis-Henry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <mantovano@virgil.org>
Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2007 8:04 AM


Caris Amicis:  My AP Vergil class has found a line from Bk II, 763, that 
we cannot fit into dactylic hexameter.

It reads:                    praedam adservabant.  Huc undique Troia gaza



Any advice?  Denise D-Henry


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