Re: VIRGIL: Caesar: forensics at last

2003-03-27 Thread Stuart Wheeler
The flaw suggested below may not be as large as it appears to be. After all, Caesar did name Octavius as his heir. SW I don't know if I can find anything out from Channel 5. The flaw in the argument does indeed seem quite marked. I wasn't sure whether we were asked to think that the plan for

Re: VIRGIL: RE: Vergil's name

2002-08-05 Thread Stuart Wheeler
to himself Quid agis, marce tulli? An interesting subject about which I know little. But I'd like to hear more authoritative thoughts from others. Stuart Wheeler This one isn't quite so obscure. I believe that the i spelling came to be in the 5th century AD (http://www.bartleby.com/65/ve

Re: VIRGIL: Anthrax

2001-10-22 Thread Stuart Wheeler
Interesting that Plautus 'aulularia' has a character, one of the disreputable cooks hired for the wedding banquet, whose name is Anthrax. SW Please help. I am to give a lecture on Anthrax this week. In doing my research, I discovered that Virgil had referenced this disease in his works. I

Re: VIRGIL: poetological reading of the Aeneid

2000-01-16 Thread Stuart Wheeler
Thanks, Wolfi, You've got a gold mine, then, w ith Vergil. The narrator of the poem is none other than Vergil himself. So how can y ou go wrong? Stuart From: Stuart Wheeler [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: VIRGIL: poetological reading