<< Message forwarded by moderator follows. >> From: "F. Heberlein" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wed, 22 Sep 1999 09:08:46 +1 > Does someone know about a philosopher or grammarian > called « Virgilius Maro » who was living in the 7th > century? I would like to read something about this > author, his life, his works. > This is Vergilius Maro Grammaticus, famous for his claim to have attended in his youth a 13 days dispute on the correct vocative of "ego" (now and then i ask our undergrads the 'correct' solution, and more than often i get replies like "o ege" ...).
A recent treatment is: Law, Vivien Wisdom, authority and grammar in the seventh century decoding Virgilius Maro Grammaticus Cambridge Univ. Press ISBN : 0-521-47113-3 1995 Fritz Heberlein Dr. Friedrich Heberlein, Akad. Direktor Seminar für Klassische Philologie KU Eichstaett Ostenstr. 26-28 D-85071 Eichstaett / Bayern email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel.: +49 8421 93 1544 / 93 2544 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
