>I don't know the poem your referring to. But I thought you might find a >poem called the "Pervigilium Veneris" which is made up of half-lines and >lines from Vergil but on a rather more humorous topic interesting. >Unfortunately, I cannot remember who it is by. Anyone? > >Adrian Pay
I think you may be confusing the Pervigilium Veneris, an anonymous original poem (perhaps by the late 3d/early 4th c. poet Tiberianus) with works such as the _Medea_ of Hosidius Geta or the biblical cento of Proba, which *are* made up of half-lines and lines from Vergil. None of these are particularly humorous, however, though the centos occasionally produce accidental incongruities that are mildly amusing. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Gregory Hays Dept. of Classics, University of Illinois 4072 Foreign Languages Building 707 S. Mathews, Urbana, IL 61801 USA http://members.aol.com/greghays/index.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
