----- Original Message ----- From: David Wilson-Okamura <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2004 10:31 PM Subject: Re: VIRGIL: RE: virgil in translation
> At 12:06 PM 1/7/2004 +1100, you wrote: > >Are we using Latin due to language differences, or would you rather amateurs > >not participate? > > 1. Using Latin is optional. > 2. Amateurs are welcome. > > David Wilson-Okamura > Listowner, Mantovano I'm an amateur, self-taught, and a slooow reader. But I came across a line last night that stopped me dead: "oculisque errantibus alto / quaesivit caelo lucem ingemuitque reperta." (4.691-2) I don't know why it strikes me so, but it does; so haunting and beautiful. Just wanted to share that this morning... thanks for your time. Christopher in Michigan. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- To leave the Mantovano mailing list at any time, do NOT hit reply. Instead, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message "unsubscribe mantovano" in the body (omitting the quotation marks). You can also unsubscribe at http://virgil.org/mantovano/mantovano.htm#unsub
