VIRGIL: Barbarico auro

This is mainly a reply to a reply of some time ago (I've been disrupted by my wife's death). I mentioned the reference to 'pillars decorated with gold, barbarian-style' (A II 504; following, I think, words attributed to Cassandra by Naevius and admired by Cicero) as problem illustrating V's use of

VIRGIL: Eclogue plants

I would be interested in views on the plants in the following from Eclogue IV: Errantis hederas passim cum baccare tellus Mixtaque ridenti colocasia fundet acantho Hedera and Acanthus were, I imagine, the same as the plants (ivy and bear's breeches) that bear those Latin names today. Colocasia

Re: VIRGIL: Barbarico auro

In message Pine.GSO.3.95-960729.1020118110908.24173A- [EMAIL PROTECTED], M W Hughes [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes This is mainly a reply to a reply of some time ago (I've been disrupted by my wife's death). I mentioned the reference to 'pillars decorated with gold, barbarian-style' (A II 504;