>(P.S.: where is there a "flying contest" in the Iliad? Only in a recent CW >review of Martin student Hillary Mackie's book Talking Trojan, where an >overeager proofreader has falsely corrected the phrase "flyting contest" >into "flying contest")
Is this fact or surmise? Another possibility is that the error was introduced by the typesetter and that the proofreader or more likely proofreaders plural failed to spot it. However, I don't deny that proofreaders (alas!) do sometimes guess, and guess wrong. Simon Cauchi Freelance Editor and Indexer 13 Riverview Terrace, Hamilton, New Zealand Telephone and facsimile (+64) 7-854-9229, e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- To leave the Mantovano mailing list at any time, do NOT hit reply. Instead, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message "unsubscribe mantovano" in the body (omitting the quotation marks). You can also unsubscribe at http://virgil.org/mantovano/mantovano.htm#unsub
