>Date: Fri, 26 Feb 1999 09:13:07 +0000 (GMT) >From: Don Fowler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Dan King ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes >>I can't find it as yet, but Amores i.3.18 is rather similar, so it's >>probably Ovid, but I'm pretty sure it's not Amores > >On Fri, 26 Feb 1999, Leofranc Holford-Strevens wrote: >> Neither have I found it yet, but what classical author writes 'sicque'? > >Before Optatian, "sicque" is only Ovid Fasti 848, but it's the Ovidian use >of que attaching direct speech. Elaine Fantham's commentary is at home, so >I can't check what she says. After Optatian, first is [Hilarius] de >martyrio Maccabaeorum ... > >Don > >*************************************************************************** >* Don Fowler, Fellow and Tutor in Classics, Jesus College, Oxford OX1 3DW.* >* [EMAIL PROTECTED], Telephone (01865) 279700, Fax (01865) 279687.* >* Home Page: http://jesus.ox.ac.uk/~dpf/ * >* Classics at Oxford: http://www.classics.ox.ac.uk * >*************************************************************************** >-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Fantham simply cites Livy 1.7.2 for its similar expression; nothing about the use of -que attaching direct speech. James Lawrence Peter Butrica Department of Classics Memorial University St. John's, Newfoundland A1C 5S7 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
