And don't forget Clytemnestra's dream of nursing a snake that then bit her in Aeschylus' _Libation Bearers_. Her son Orestes fulfilled the dream by killing her.
------- Forwarded Message Follows ------- Date: Fri, 15 May 1998 07:57:26 -0400 (EDT) To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: James Baron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: VIRGIL: Context of "A snake lurks in the grass" Reply-to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] At 21:37 98/05/14 EDT, you wrote: >Learned? I can't vouch for this adjective being applicable to my response; >but of the cuckoo, I believe she means sexual betrayal: to be cuckholded, to >find someone else in your bed with your lover. >As for the viper in the busom, I think this is easily understood; and it >sounds very like Lady Macbeth. It also seems reminiscent of Cleopatra's >death. These are my unlearned opinions, but I stick by them. >----------------------------------------------------------------------- >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. > > Do Cuckoos, like Starlings, invade the nests of other birds? James R. Baron Department of Classical Studies The College of William and Mary Box 8795 Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795 Phone: (757) 221-2165 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICBM: W 76d 45' N 37d 16' ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.
