In my Dante course I some times assign the Aeneid in the Mandelbaum translation, which students actually read. I agree that the Loeb would not work very well.
> I'm planning to teach the Eclogues, Georgics, and Aeneid next semester > in translation. Has anyone used the Loebs for this? Some of my students > will be classics majors, but I'm assuming most will not. > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > Dr. David Wilson-Okamura http://virgil.org david@virgil.org > English Department Virgil reception, discussion, documents, &c > East Carolina University Sparsa et neglecta coegi. -- Claude Fauchet > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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