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<META content=text/html;charset=iso-8859-1 http-equiv=Content-Type> <META content='"MSHTML 4.72.3110.7"' name=GENERATOR> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT color=#000000>The Eclogue you are thinking of is four, not six</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> </x-html>From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sun Sep 12 23:09:06 1999 >From mantovano-returns Sun Sep 12 12:00:14 1999 Received: ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) by wilsoninet.com (8.8.5) id MAA08853; Sun, 12 Sep 1999 12:00:14 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sun, 12 Sep 1999 15:00:05 -0400 (EDT) From: Gallagher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: VIRGIL: In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-UIDL: c5a3a67deed8836cb0c702d1f839ac78 I've been told that the Aeneid, unlike other pieces of classical literature, was preserved and popular during the middle ages and that the reason for this was that some believed it foretold the coming of Christ. But, Aeneas is shown only the future of Rome and great Romans. Clearly, the empire that Aeneas is told he shall begin is not associated with Christianity, so why would readers think this? Is it the somewhat critical reflection on the morality of power and empire that make the Aeneid a more Christian epic? ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
