Probably so named because of his lack of cooking skills since anthrax means charcoal in Greek. jg
Stuart Wheeler wrote: > Interesting that Plautus 'aulularia' has a character, one of the > disreputable cooks hired for the wedding banquet, whose name is Anthrax. > > SW > > >Please help. I am to give a lecture on Anthrax this week. In doing my > >research, I discovered that Virgil had referenced this disease in his works. > >I would love someone to point out the passage, or provide me with a > >translation of the passage for use in my lecture. > > > >Thank you for your help, > >Leigh Anne Salmon, RN, BSN > >Coordinator > >Jefferson County Occupational Health > >Courthouse > >Room 825 > > > >----------------------------------------------------------------------- > >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 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
