In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Robert T. White
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LH-S scripsit:
A few years ago our listowner (I think) posted some interesting
comments about the strength and weaknesses of Dryden's version;
unfortunately I cannot find them now. I was struck by his rendering of
Aen.
Regarding the Dryden Translation:
The aesthetic qualities of a good English translation, even an inaccurate
one, represent more accurately the qualities of the poetic qualities of the
original, viewed in its totality. I am reminded of the tributes to Virgil's
poetic eloquence found in
In Book I of Aeneid there is a reference to people of the sky (one
translation) in relation to destruction of Carthage. I don't have a Latin
text. How does that phrase read in Latin?
I suspect the reference is to Book II and the destruction of Troy, and the
phrase a translation of caelicolae
IS VIRGIL IS A MHYTH,FICTION OR A LEGEND?
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In Book I of Aeneid there is a reference to people
of the sky (one
translation) in relation to destruction of Carthage.
I don't have a Latin
text. How does that phrase read in Latin?
Joan Lepley
P. Vergilius Maro is a Roman author, a poet, a real historical person.
VIRGIL SUNPAYCO schrieb:
IS VIRGIL IS A MHYTH,FICTION OR A LEGEND?
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Hans Zimmermann
http://home.t-online.de/home/hanumans/hansz.htm
Against the Tiber's mouth, but far away,
An ancient town was seated on the sea;
A Tyrian colony; the people made
Stout for the war, and studious of their trade:
Carthage the name; belov'd by Juno more
Than her own Argos, or the Samian shore.
Here stood her chariot; here, if Heav'n were kind,
The
This seems to be somebody's diseased, poetic conception
Rather harsh? Provided you read Dryden's rendering as a poem not a crib
it has considerable merits
snip
[The phrase People of the Sky]
is a calque on _caelicolae_. From whom else should Juno hear rumours
from her fellow skydwellers? It is the
Whomever-
The Aeneid by Virgil has undergone some critizism:
1. Propoganda
2. Imitates Homer
3. Aeneas is unhoroic
It is critizim #3 that I am interested in. I'm curious as to what the group
thinks. Does his tender heart, which often times leads to tears, make him more
or less of a hero? If he
M W Hughes wrote:
Epic, I suppose, was and in some ways still is regarded as the supreme art
form, though these days we have lost the art of epic poetry and resort to
other genres, particularly film. It's supposed to offer the widest
possibilities for the unfolding of a story, for the
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in the UAE (Dubai or nearby), if yes please contact me(off the list) at
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Jeff scripsit:
Hello Virgil scholars,
I am a high school student at Tatnall School in Wilmington. I am
currently taking AP Virgil, and as my term paper, I am researching the
influence that Virgil has had on post-modern literature. I would greatly
appreciate any help that anyone could
Hello Virgil scholars,
I am a high school student at Tatnall School in Wilmington. I am
currently taking AP Virgil, and as my term paper, I am researching the
influence that Virgil has had on post- modern literature. I would greatly
appreciate any help that anyone could give me in the
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