Apologies to the list for mistakenly posting a supposed-to-be-private message.
Ed
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I didn't say the early church; I said the medieval church. Certainly
there was a time (up through the 6th c. A.D., roughly) of transition when
paganism was still a serious rival to Christianity. My mention of Chaucer
should indicate that I was talking about a later period. But, even
focusing on
Earlier today I unfortunately deleted a posting from Colin Burrow that, as
an aside, questioned the use of the word pungency in discussing the
effectiveness of poets' word choices. Mr. Burrow's squib had something to
do with the olfactory associations of pungency. Though a minor point, it
has
To Whom it may Concern:
Recently in my Latin class I was involved in a discussion of Virgil's
'piety' or lack thereof. I was told that despite his traditional use of
the divine/supernatural in his works, Virgil, much like many of the
patricians of the time, was not very religious at all
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Emendations, etc. for what the anagrammer hath written:
Anyway, an example of a mistranslation. Lets take book four, line 117.
West translates as Aeneas and poor Dido are preparing to go hunting
together. Well, the Latin word describing Dido is 'misera', which
