At 12:09 AM 10/14/99 +0200, Neven wrote: >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.
Someone asked me off the list how to FIND these articles -- a very good question indeed, and I suspect one to which the answer might be of general interest, since many if not most of the subscribers on this list do not hold advanced degrees in classical literature. So here's how it works. _Der kleine Pauly_ is a dictionary of classical lore; "Boxen" is the article on boxing. Even if you can't read German you could use this to get the references for Pausanias, Theocritus, Livy, and Suetonius. Ditto for the article on _caestus_ (boxing gloves). This article (I'm assuming, with some confidence) can be found in the _Enciclopedia virgiliana_ (EV). Again, even if you can't read Italian you could use this to get the references for V. Flaccus and Statius mentioned here. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- David Wilson-Okamura http://virgil.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] Macalester College Virgil Tradition: discussion, bibliography, &c. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
