Aeneid 6.413 "ingentem Aenean" prompted Austin to write: "Virgil smiles at the thought of the big solid man taken on board the flimsy craft, a most unghostly passenger."
I remember also finding a good deal of amusement in the funeral games of Book 5, which I read in Dryden's translation. Simon Cauchi, Freelance Editor and Indexer Hamilton, New Zealand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
