In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Clare Studwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes >I brought up this question about a week ago about the ekphrasis in Book VI >(lines 20-36) of Vergil's Aeneid. Unfortunately I received NO responses. If >you have any opinion on the role of this ekphrasis on the temple doors which >Daedalus created, please let me know. > >Thanks. Clare
I had been meaning to find a moment to think about the passage, but for the time being: a journey through the air counterpoises one to the underworld; and the ekphrasis before this major episode recalls that before another, in Carthage. Quite inadequate, but perhaps it will stimulate someone else, like the crystal that seeds a supersaturated solution into precipitating. Leofranc Holford-Strevens *_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_* Leofranc Holford-Strevens 67 St Bernard's Road usque adeone Oxford scire MEVM nihil est, nisi ME scire hoc sciat alter? OX2 6EJ tel. +44 (0)1865 552808(home)/267865(work) fax +44 (0)1865 512237 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (home) [EMAIL PROTECTED] (work) *_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_* ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
