In regard to the current discussion on teaching the Aeneid in translation,
an expression that seems to have become embedded in the English-speaking
psyche since the time of Purcell's Dido Aeneas (and maybe before) is
remember me as a special request. Does Virgil actually put any such words
into
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Patrick Roper [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes
In regard to the current discussion on teaching the Aeneid in translation,
an expression that seems to have become embedded in the English-speaking
psyche since the time of Purcell's Dido Aeneas (and maybe before) is
remember
Does Virgil actually put any such words into Dido's mouth (I tried to find
such and failed)?
No. It was Nahum Tate, who wrote the libretto for Purcell's _Dido and Aeneas_.
Simon Cauchi
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