This was a joke that had already been made in Aristophanes' Frogs with reference to Heracles crossing the Styx on Charon's boat.
More humour in Vergil "invitus, regina, tuo de litore cessi" (Bk 6) reference to Catullus' Lock of Berenice "invitus, regina, tuo de cervice cessi", a singularly incongruous intertextualism at a singularly inapposite moment. -----Original Message----- From: Simon Cauchi [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, March 08, 1999 6:27 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: VIRGIL: Aeneid Jokes Aeneid 6.413 "ingentem Aenean" prompted Austin to write: "Virgil smiles at the thought of the big solid man taken on board the flimsy craft, a most unghostly passenger." I remember also finding a good deal of amusement in the funeral games of Book 5, which I read in Dryden's translation. Simon Cauchi, Freelance Editor and Indexer Hamilton, New Zealand <[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 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
