Please stop sending me Virigil stuff. enough already
David Wilson-Okamura <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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 delphi! nibus 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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