I have a partly lexical, partly historical question for the group that I've
been curious about for years. Virgil uses the term furor at 3 key points:
at the end of the Aeneid, the last Eclogue, and in the Georgics. In the
Aeneid, it is used to describe Aeneas as he is seized by wrath and fury
when
Dear Mr. Wiersum,
I do not know to what extent your curiosity has been piqued by this
material, but you may want to look at :
Courcelle, Pierre, 'Les Exégèses Chrétiennes de la Quatrième Églogue,'
Revue desÉtudes Anciennes 59 (1957), 294-319.
The following is a brief discussion
Adrian,
You seem to specialize in difficult questions! I know nothing about this
stuff, but here goes.
Cameron, it seems to me, succeeds quite brilliantly in proving that the many
long historical epics we (or at least I, à la Ziegler) thought were being
churned out in the 4th and 3rd centuries
Dear Helen,
Thank you so much for a response with your work in progress. It
is interesting how following the vicissitudes of the Fourth Eclogue
gets one into the heart of church history and the history of Christian
doctrine. It is an education in itself.
James C. Wiersum
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Is it likely that there was
a common Greek and Roman sentiment toward the barbarian tribes that classed
them as what a civilized person might become if overcome by extreme
passions like love and hate?
Certainly: Greeks (and Romans
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From: Ramon Sevilla [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thu, 10 Dec 1998 19:31:17 -0600
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit . Aeneid I, 203.
I marvel how Virgil in Aeneid I, 195 ss. recalls the hardships he and his
comrades have
It is generally agreed that Tacitus idealized the Germanic barbarians to
some extent, in order to make the point that his fellow Romans couldn't
afford to fall into slackness and decadence. Whenever a writer belonging
to an imperialistic people praises certain virtues that the conquered have
and
get a fucking life
On Fri, 11 Dec 1998, Leofranc Holford-Strevens wrote:
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Knauss [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes
Is it likely that there was
a common Greek and Roman sentiment toward the barbarian tribes that classed
them as what a civilized person might become
