, my perennial favorite,
Homer, Juvenal and next Statius--without understanding why. Now, it's
getting clearer to me. If the world still loves the old chestnuts,
I'd love to teach them. It beats working for a living.
Best wishes, and respectfully yours,
Scott Pierce
---Simon Cauchi [EMAIL
Thank you, M. Taccheri and Ms.Conrad-O'Brian for the insightful
comments re: Virgil's view of the Underworld.
Yours etc.,
Scott F. Pierce
---Umberto Taccheri [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
You can find a discussion about its debts to Orphism (and other
related religions and philosophies) in
Thank you for the wonderful observations from Book V, games. Right
now, all I can recall is the old warrior smashing the bull in the
brains, upon receiving his prize. Love Vergil's depiction of his
contempt for the tenor of the games, his prize and and the colorful
description of the beast
I forgot to add that, mandelbaum's Aeneid struck me so vividly 20 yrs.
ago, that I re-read it again before I read his California Dante.
Currently, I can't get enough of his Odyssey of Homer. Don't know if
he has an Iliad, but hope one is planned. Fitzgerald hasn't done
anything for me, nor as I
.,
bodywhomp98
aka Scott F. Pierce
---Peter Bryant [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Scott Pierce wrote:
I loved receiving Statius, in Latin no
less! When I tried to special order the Thebaid from a bookstore a
yr. or so ago, I got a WHO? And it's Statius, not STASHIUS.
Dear Scott
Thank you for your request of 9 June, and I apologize for answering so
slowly. I tend to neglect my e-mail now that school is out, but we
have extended hours in the lab now, so I hope to keep current in the
future.
I don't know of any Aeneid in prose. I was going to say
Mandelbaum's, but
