Accepting Hans' challenge... (thanks, Hans, for raising me from my slumber)
Eduard Norden, a great guide to V's rhetoric, notes in his commentary on Aeneis VI (ad A. 6,119-23) that the anacoluth, _as well as the parentheses_ is there to express Aeneas' emotional state. Commenting on Vergil's preference for the parataxe, Norden points out A. 6,283f. and g. 3,282f, where anacoluth is simply an embellishment--according to Norden, Vergil avoids _the more prosaic participle constructions_ (interesting; I believe that the non-native Latin readers find paratactic constructions simpler, and therefore less poetical...) BTW, a list of 5-word hexameters in 6,98-174: 99 114 118 120 124 126 132 155 156 169 170 I feel the stylistic effect of these verses is to add _gravitas_ to the story. Neven ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
