Rebecca Smyth wrote:
> Salvete! > > I read a suggestion that we should not believe that Virgil was a paid > court poet writing propaganda for his patron. > I'm not sure that I agree with this, but reflecting on it has brought > several questions to my mind. > > Virgil's patron provided him with the leisure to write his poetry. > Was the poet therefore showing his gratitude by writing propaganda? > > Was Virgil making the most of this opportunity to write his poetry at > leisure? > Did he really desire to promote Augustus, or was he trying to show how > ridiculous the Emperor might be? > Was the "propaganda" actually humourous? > > If anyone could help to settle my confusion, I would be very grateful. > > Rebecca Smyth Un ouvrage fran�ais "La mort de Virgile" de J. Y Maleuvre demontre que les relations entre Virgile et Auguste n'etaient pas des plus amicales et qu'Auguste aurait commandite la mort de Virgile Cordialement M.Bouquet > > Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
