You might be interested in the opening chapters of Murray Krieger's book "Ekphrasis." This discusses not only a few attempts at representing Aeneas' and Achilles' shields visually, but also why it is important that (in Krieger's view at least) these attempts all fail.
Tim On Wed, 08 Dec 1999 18:13:45 -0600 David Wilson-Okamura <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > << message forwarded by listowner, David Wilson-Okamura >> > > Date: Wed, 8 Dec 1999 16:16:13 -0600 (CST) > From: Rich Guerra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > I think actually looking upon a visual representation of the > shield would help me understand it's significance. > > Does anyone know of a book or internet site that contains this?? > > Rich > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > ---------------------- TA Saunders, Department of Classics & Ancient History [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
