At 10:39 PM 7/14/98 +0000, Yvan Nadeau wrote: >The problem about email is that it induces action rather than >reflection. I think I shall give it up.
I'm not sure it's any worse than conversation in that regard, but I think Yvan's right about the epic/panegyric distinction: it probably didn't exist. T. C. Donatus thinks the best way to explain the Aeneid is as sustained piece of epideictic rhetoric. Servius thinks that Virgil's intention was to imitate Homer and praise Augustus through his ancestors. Both commentators postdate Virgil by a few centuries, but they were closer to the world of ancient literary criticism than we are. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- David Wilson-Okamura http://www.virgil.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] University of Chicago Online Virgil discussion, bibliography & links ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
