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
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>should surely be translated as 'lovesick' not 'poor'.
4.117: "Venatum Aeneas unaque miserrima Dido"
>Another example, although I will admit this is a bit petty, is book 4
>line 348 where West translates:
>"You are a Phoenician from Asia". The Latin word is Asia but what is
^^^^
>meant is the area we now know as Lebanon, no?
4.348: "Phoenissam Libycaeque aspectus detinet urbis"
Bob White
Robert T. White
Shaker Heights HS/ Shaker Heights OH
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