of course no discussion about the treatment of women in the Aeneid would be complete without perhaps the most un-P.C. line of the epic: (which, coincidentally, is a line within a section taken out by the College Board on the AP reading list this year) (Mercury to Aeneas)
" varium et mutabile semper femina." (IV, 569-70) "a woman is always a changing and fickle thing" Brad Miller Choate Rosemary Hall Wallingford, CT ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
