> A recent and very
>good prose translation is by David West (Penguin, once again).
>
Yes I liked the West translation, its very straightforward and
accesible, but frankly there are some mis-translations in it that are
unbelievable. Especially of individual words where the word chosen seems
t
>
>Does one want a faithful reproduction of the Latin, almost a 'key'? -
>which acts as a kind of decoding of the original? Or does one say, OK,
>I'm not a Latinist; if I were I'd read the poem in the original; and
what
>I need is something that works as a *poem*, that makes me feel and
>under
>For the benefit of novices in ancient & medieval studies, I would add
only
>that the medieval Christian church had no need to feel threatened by
>Greco-Roman paganism, which was no longer a serious rival to Christian
>belief;
Hmmm...thats not how I understood it. So if the early Church did not
>
> To Whom it may Concern:
> Recently in my Latin class I was involved in a discussion of Virgil's
>'piety' or lack thereof. I was told that despite his traditional use
of
>the divine/supernatural in his works, Virgil, much like many of the
>patricians of the time, was not very religious at
> Also
>Aeneas trys to put it gently to Dido why he is leaving , Odysseus does
the
>same as well to Kalyso and Kalypso pleads for him to stay just as Dido
does
>to Aneas.
Ahem, um, no. Aeneas tries to leave without telling Dido! And when she
forces him into confrontation, he can hardly bear to
