<< message forwarded by listowner, David Wilson-Okamura >> Date: Thu, 09 Dec 1999 19:34:35 +1300 From: leonidas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Re shield discussion. Does the shield serve as a reminder of the sequence in Book VI where Aeneas is told of his and his successors future? Yet another reminder of the destiny of the Roman race that he will see established - he has always seemed in the previous books to need a lot of reminders of his "destiny"! Is there a better way to keep his destiny before him and his enemies, than the engraved shield? Cf too the shield allegedly taken by Alexander when he visited the "tomb of Achilles" and took away what was reputed to be the hero's shield. Virgil surely had that in mind at some point. Cheers Leonidas ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
