> Date: Wed, 03 Mar 1999 10:31:37 +1100 > From: jacqueline <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Hello, I'm rather interested to hear what people think about the > references to Augustus in the Aeneid, focussing on any insults, such as > Aeneas' treatment of Dido, his behaviour to Turnus and so on. Could you > send any ideas you hear of? > Thanks a lot. > > :) - Jacqueline > -----------------------------------------------------------------------
I'm not sure these things are necessarily insults. (Turnus, in my view, deserved what he got.) If they are, they may not reflect on Augustus. It's worth remembering that Antony was, on his mother's side, a Caesar also, and Aeneas was his ancestor too. JMP ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
