At 10:23 AM 4/29/98 +0500, you wrote: > Or is it generally >believed that the exclamation "hercule" doesn't refer to Hercules at all?
The existence of the contracted form, "hercle," suggests that this is the correct explanation. (As when Iustus Lipsius, a Christian, records that Livia was suspected of poisoning Marcellus and adds "Nec hercle immerito!") ----------------------------------------------------------------------- David Wilson-Okamura http://www.virgil.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] University of Chicago Online Virgil discussion, bibliography & links ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- To leave the Mantovano mailing list at any time, do NOT hit reply. You will just prove to everyone that you can't read directions. Instead, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message "unsubscribe mantovano" in the body.
