>>Dear List, >> >>I am trying to find a poem Virgil wrote >>regarding I believe "Peripus" >>I copied it down in the museum at >>Ephesus, however my notebook was stolen. >> ... >> >>Gary Glazner
Could Peripus be "Periplus" the Latin spelling of the Greek word "periplous" or "sailing by" and refer either to Vergil's description of Aeneas' sail past the coast of Sicily near the end of Book 3, or to some real or imagined poem by that name? Jim O'Hara James J. O'Hara Professor of Classical Studies & Chair Classical Studies Dept. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wesleyan University 860/685-2066 (fax: 2089) Middletown CT 06459-0146 Home Page: http://www.wesleyan.edu/classics/faculty/jim.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
