I'd like to thank everyone who contributed to my question and the responses were most interesting and very informational. I had cut and pasted just your responses (i.e. not any names) to contribute your responses to my professor. Well, I think I intrigued his interest because he asked about who the contributer's were. I think that I accidentally found an interested subscriber who thought that this discussion was bogus from my previous mentioning of it. If it is "kosher" with all envolved, may I forward names and addresses to him; I did not want to with out consent even though he is a "Phd." I really think he might have been impressed that this is a serious "Net" discussion group. Again thanks for the input on "Why a horse?" I have come to a flexible conclusion that the "machine" built must have been a device that resmbled the shape of a horse, unlike the literature makes one envision a horse. Couldn't the Trojans have also taken the "ENGINE" into their city inorder to keep the Greek's from scaling the walls? And in thinking this would it not resemble the Hitites' war-machinery ingenuity? Would it not have the long neck (like a horse) and then a protruding forpiece that contected to the top of the walls. This image would seem to look like a horse? Just a thought and thanks, Kimber
-----Original Message----- From: Leofranc Holford-Strevens [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 1999 4:42 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: VIRGIL: re: Why A Horse? I seem to remember seeing a vase, or sherd of a vase, in West Berlin, as it was then, in which Athena is fashioning a horse. I haven't got LIMC beside me at the moment, but someone may know what I'm talking about. Leofranc *_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_* Leofranc Holford-Strevens 67 St Bernard's Road usque adeone Oxford scire MEVM nihil est, nisi ME scire hoc sciat alter? OX2 6EJ tel. +44 (0)1865 552808(home)/267865(work) fax +44 (0)1865 512237 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (home) [EMAIL PROTECTED] (work) *_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_* ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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