On Wed, 3 Feb 1999, Gert De Ceukelaire wrote: > > I did some fairly extended research on the sources of Jacob van Maerlant's > version of the fall of Troy. Maerlant's History of Troy is in fact for the > moore part an adaptation of Benoit de Ste More's Roman de Troie, complemented > with several insertions from the classical epics, among which the complete > Aeneid. As regards the Fall of Troy, Maerlant had to make a choice between > Benoit's version, in which Aeneas and Antenor betrayed Troy (and which indeed > originates from Dares & Dictys), and Virgil's. He chose Virgil, but at the > same time reconciled both versions in an ingenious way. Discussing this > matter any further however is not relevant to this discussion group
Actually I'd be very interested to hear how Jacob van Maerlant reconciled the Dares/Dictys tradition with the Vergilian tradition, and I don't think it's irrelevant to Mantovano at all. I'm sorry I can't help you with your other question, but won't you tell us more about Maerlant's reconciling of the two traditions? Thanks, Randi Eldevik Oklahoma State University ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
