-----Original Message----- From: Peter Bryant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tuesday, March 23, 1999 8:56 AM Subject: VIRGIL: Re: FACETIÆ VERGILIANÆ
>Here is a summary of the "Æneid", which the Mantovani may find amusing: > > > > The Classics in a Nutshell: Vergil's Æneid > > 1 Æneas,with his little boy, > 2 Slid down the fire escape from Troy. > 3 His wife Creusa he forgot, > 4 Although he loved her quite a lot; > 5 She perished in the fire, poor dame ! > 6 (He often thought of his old flame). > 7 From Troy he sailed the raging tide, O ! > 8 To Carthage, where he fell for Dido; > 9 Then left her cold and went to Hades, > 10 Came through,and married well, dear ladies. > 11 No one had ever thought him bad, > 12 So nice was he to his old dad. Cute and sorta humorous as long as one remembers "Ars gratia artis," but its really great to lighten-up sometimes and not be so serious. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
