In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Philip Thibodeau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes >The collection of quotations regarding P. Virgilius Maro was very >entertaining. I recall reading a review of a book on PVM and wondering >whether this was an April Fool's edition of the journal it was in! At any >rate, the book might be worth mentioning: it's by Vivien Law, and is >called, "Wisdom, authority, and grammar in the seventh centruy : decoding >Virgilius Maro Grammaticus" (Cambridge University Press, 1995). She tries >valiantly to place PVM within his context, and does something useful in that >respect, as I recall.
No poisson d'Avril by her or by the journal; but PVM had his tongue in his cheek all right. The debate between 'Terrentius' (sic, a frequent Irish spelling; but remember how Varro is always working his _nomen_ in) and 'Galbungus' on the vocative of _ego_ recalls the debate in Gellius 14.5 on the vocative of egregius. *_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_* 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
