On Tue, 12 Oct 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I am looking at writing a brief paper on the sport of boxing in > the ancient world, specifically focusing on the evidence that can be > gathered from the works of Homer and Virgil. If anyone can make > recommendations as to supplemental primary sources, they would be much > appreciated. > Thanks to Mr. Falk I read the article _Boxen_ in our first port of call, _Der kleine Pauly_; the article mentions Pausanias, Theocritus (! -- the Vergil connection), Livius and Suetonius as sources. The article _caestus_ cites adds Valerius Flaccus and Statius -- so the noble art of boxing in Rome definitely creates epic resonances. Yours, Neven ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
