Off the top of my head, both Aldhem and Bede use Maro as well as
Vergil - I'll check for actual percentages - I believe that is generally
true of early Anglo-Latin
Helen COB
On Monday, August 5, 2002, at 06:02 PM, David Wilson-Okamura wrote:
This should be an easy question, but it is one that I
--- You wrote:
In the case of Vergil, it seems clear (assuming we identify the person
named as the poet) that Horace in Odes I.3 calls Vergil Vergil. So perhaps
it is as simple a thing as what people called these writers in ancient times.
I doubt that the Romans consistently called all people by
i agree with u entirely
From: Helen Conrad-O'Briain [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Subject: Re: VIRGIL: RE: Vergil's name
Date: Mon, 5 Aug 2002 21:05:30 +
I won't even attempt to scan Horace, but could it be a question of meter
that he uses he one rather
Virgil was highly regarded in medieval Wales and in Welsh his name comes out
as 'Pheryllt' or 'fferyll' and variants. However, the first vowel always
seems to be 'e', though an 'i' is possible in Welsh.
I imagine names were often recorded as heard, rather than as read, which
could account for