You might be interested in the opening chapters of Murray Krieger's
book Ekphrasis. This discusses not only a few attempts at
representing Aeneas' and Achilles' shields visually, but also why it is
important that (in Krieger's view at least) these attempts all fail.
Tim
On Wed, 08 Dec 1999
:14 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: VIRGIL: Visual of the shield
message forwarded by listowner, David Wilson-Okamura
Date: Wed, 8 Dec 1999 16:16:13 -0600 (CST)
From: Rich Guerra [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I think actually looking upon a visual representation of the
shield would help me
Re shield discussion. Does the shield serve as a reminder of the sequence
in Book VI where Aeneas is told of his and his successors future? Yet
another reminder of the destiny of the Roman race that he will see
established - he has always seemed in the previous books to need a lot of
reminders
message forwarded by listowner, David Wilson-Okamura
Date: Wed, 8 Dec 1999 16:16:13 -0600 (CST)
From: Rich Guerra [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I think actually looking upon a visual representation of the
shield would help me understand it's
