I'd be interested to know why "sicque" is objectionable by classical standards; and if Ovid did use this phrase once in the _Fasti_, can it really be called non-classical? Rare, maybe, but not non-classical. At any rate, why should classical poets have avoided "sicque"? Randi Eldevik Oklahoma State University
On Fri, 26 Feb 1999, David Wilson-Okamura wrote: > Date: Fri, 26 Feb 1999 09:13:07 +0000 (GMT) > From: Don Fowler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Dan King > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes > >I can't find it as yet, but Amores i.3.18 is rather similar, so it's > >probably Ovid, but I'm pretty sure it's not Amores > > On Fri, 26 Feb 1999, Leofranc Holford-Strevens wrote: > > Neither have I found it yet, but what classical author writes 'sicque'? > > Before Optatian, "sicque" is only Ovid Fasti 848, but it's the Ovidian use > of que attaching direct speech. Elaine Fantham's commentary is at home, so > I can't check what she says. After Optatian, first is [Hilarius] de > martyrio Maccabaeorum ... > > Don > > *************************************************************************** > * Don Fowler, Fellow and Tutor in Classics, Jesus College, Oxford OX1 3DW.* > * [EMAIL PROTECTED], Telephone (01865) 279700, Fax (01865) 279687.* > * Home Page: http://jesus.ox.ac.uk/~dpf/ * > * Classics at Oxford: http://www.classics.ox.ac.uk * > *************************************************************************** > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
