When the reinforcements led by Volcens see Nisus and Euryalus, Virgil says that
iamque propinquabant castris murosque subibant. One of my students asked which camp. The very ad hoc arrangements of the Rutuli don't seem to encompass muri; but why would they be going right up to the walls of the Trojan camp? I suspect that Virgil isn't really that clear about topography and other practicalities in IX (where, for example, are the 'foci' that the Rutuli 'diripuere' in line 75?); but I told him I would put it to the Mantovani. Caroline Butler ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
