I would that there is significance in these two details. A careful reading of the Aeneid reveals that Vergil is rather interested in verse descriptive of the material arts. I refer to this as "visual poetry". You may compare the art work on the temple walls at Cartage depicting the fall of Troy, he shrine built by Daedalus at Cumae beginning of book six. Also, both the shield and the belt represent scenes - the mythology of rome on the sheild, and on the belt the daughters of Danaus killing the sons of Aegyptus on thier wedding night. You should considder how the latter myth may be symbolic of the marriage ties being created between Aneas and the Latins...
>From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sat Dec 05 06:22:28 1998 >Received: from [192.41.8.139] by hotmail.com (1.0) with SMTP id MHotMail30903205451613506532503322391463511440; Sat Dec 05 06:22:28 1998 >Received: ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) by wilsoninet.com (8.8.5) id HAA16634; Sat, 5 Dec 1998 07:14:29 -0700 (MST) >Date: Sat, 5 Dec 1998 09:13:41 -0500 >From: Leah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: VIRGIL: AP Virgil Question >To: "INTERNET:[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >MIME-Version: 1.0 >Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 >Content-Disposition: inline >Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Precedence: bulk >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >I would like to know: > >If there is any significance between Aeneas' shield, crafted by Vulcan on= > >Venus' orders, and the swordbelt pilfered by Turnus on killing Pallas in >book ten. > >Leah xxxx >----------------------------------------------------------------------- >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 ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
