Thanks... Yep, I was thinking of Ausonius' Cento Nuptialis and got confused with Tiberianus' Pervigilium Veneris
Adrian Pay -----Original Message----- From: Leofranc Holford-Strevens [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 09, 1998 10:46 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: VIRGIL: Lost poem In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Gregory Hays <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes >>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, Apart from Ausonius' _cento nuptialis_... -- Leofranc Holford-Strevens ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
