Forwarded message from: Robin Sowerby [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Mon, 21 Jun 1999 15:42:40 +0100
I decided to make contact via the internet with other Virgilians because I
am rather isolated at my university where there is no classics department
and I have come up against a problem to which so far I
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Forwarded message from: Robin Sowerby [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Mon, 21 Jun 1999 15:42:40 +0100
I decided to make contact via the internet with other Virgilians because I
am rather isolated at my university where there is
I have read that there were many Latin sources in use beyond Ovid and
Virgil, including Latin translations of Greek texts, but I have not heard
of manuals made for verse composition. My impression has been that people
simply read classical authors and imitated their style as they attempted to
