At 10:46 AM 9/10/2003 +0200, Ross Caldwell wrote:
>I'm working on a short 15th century ms. that in three places mentions small 
>aspects of Virgil's descriptions of Juno and Neptune, and one place refers 
>to his ability to calm the waves. Since I am only beginning my reading of 
>Virgil, is there any place in the corpus besides Aeneid from which the 
>following descriptions might be taken? And with whom exactly does the 
>account of his power "mulcere fluctus" originate?
>
>Concerning Juno - "Currum uno, & arma, quae virgilius noster assignat..."

Juno's currus, which she keeps at Carthage, is mentioned in Aen. 1.17

>Neptune - "Hic parentibus clarus Saturno & opi, sextum inter deos locum 
>possidet, cui teste Virgilio pelagi imperium sorte contigit" and "aureo 
>curru insidens, iunctis delphinibus eius regno accomodis, quamquam Marro 
>equos iungat".

The details about Neptune--his imperium and equi--come from Aen. 1 as well,
beginning in line 125.

>Aeolus - "Aetherei Jouis eius tamen imperi concessum est iuxta virgilium et 
>mulcere fluctus..."

The phrase comes from Aen. 1.66. 

For other phrases, try the Virgil search engine at http://virgil.org/texts

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