Thomas gives so much attention to Callimachus that he ends up slighting the most important parallel, Pindar Olymp. 6. 1-4 (translated by Thomas in his note on line 13), and ignoring another, Pindar Pyth. 6.5-18. The latter passage provided the inspiration for Horace Odes 3.30, which employs a similar conceit - although in Horace the comparison actually becomes a negative one:
Exegi monumentum aere perennius Regalique situ pyramidum altius, Quod non imber edax, non Aquilo impotens Possit diruere aut innumerabilis Annorum series et fuga temporum. best, Phil Thibodeau -----Original Message----- From: Neven Jovanovic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Friday, March 08, 2002 5:59 PM Subject: VIRGIL: Georgics 3: Building as Metaphor >My class will be reading the beginning of G. 3 next week... Preparing for >this event, I began to wonder what literary parallels there are for >comparing a work of art to a building/temple (Octavian's temple > the >Aeneid). I read Thomas' commentary, mentioning fragmentary evidence for >Callimachus -- but is there anything better documented? No influence on -- >or by -- Virgil is required, it does not even have to be an example from >antiquity; I would just like to have something to clarify this idea / move. >What comes to a wandering mind is the Gospel, Jesus speaking of himself as >the Temple... >Also, another question--how do you feel the sport events fit into the >temple/Aeneid metaphor? >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 > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
