Colleagues,
There are no doubt several possibilities to explain *Mantovano*. He was born in Mantua, so the epithet is appropriate. But the allusion that seems to me most attractive is in the final stanza of Tennyson's *To Virgil* --
I salute thee, Mantovano,
I that loved thee since my day began,
Wielder of the stateliest measure
ever molded by the lips of man."
While hardly up to his *Ulysses,* Tennyson's poem is worth knowing, especially by Vergilians.
Mario
Phillip Harris wrote:
I am not familiar with the name Mantovano as it relates to Virgil. Can you tell me the connection?
Thank you,
Phillip Harris
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