RE: VIRGIL: Remember me? (totally irrelevant joke)

[Colin Burrow]

Reminds me of a true story told by a barrister friend of mine. In the course of a case involving Madonna she had to ask (for the purposes of the record) 'And who is Madonna?' Whereupon the judge said 'Could it be noted in the record that I did not ask that question.'   (Denise: Madonna is a pop star, Dido is a classical heroine, and you have made my day; thank you). Colin Burrow, Senior Lecturer in English and Fellow, Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge CB2 1TA Tel. 01223-332483 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] web: http://www.english.cam.ac.uk/faculty/cburrow/   -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Denise Davis-Henry Sent: 25 February 2004 22:31 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: VIRGIL: Remember me? I am sorry to be so ignorant: are you saying that there is a current singing star named Dido?  Denise ----- Original Message ----- From: Simon Cauchi To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2004 3:05 PM Subject: RE: VIRGIL: Remember me? >I wonder if there is a reflection of the Aeneid in one of pop star Dido's >recent songs: > >My Lover's Gone > >My lover's gone, his boots no longer by my door, >He left at dawn, and as I slept I felt him go >Returns no more, I will not watch the ocean, >My lover's gone, no earthly ships will ever bring him home again. > >My lover's gone, I know that kiss will be my last, >No more his song, the tune upon his lips has passed >I sing alone, while I watch the ocean ... Sounds more like Ariadne to me than Dido. And I'm thinking here more of Monteverdi's Lamento d'Arianna than Ovid, but even that parallel is not exactly close. Simon Cauchi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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