I came across this phrase out of context; the only identification
given is that it's supposedly a quotation from Persius. Can anyone help
me put this phrase into context?
Thanks,
Randi Eldevik
Oklahoma State University
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You don't say whether you are a high school student or college student and
what your course requirements are. Do you have time to read Homer's ILIAD and
ODYSSEY and Vergil's AENEID? That would be the best way to go and think
about the similiarities. Another thing you could do is look up the
Brescia, Italy 28.4.98
Here in Italy in high school education is prefered the Scholastic
pronunciation (Cicero), in Univeristy it depends on the professor.
I had 4 differents latin professor when I did University and three of them
used the scholastic pronunciations, while the fourth loved and
Hello,
I am interested in finding out the context and intended meaning of Virgil's
quote: A snake lurks in the grass.
So far, I have been provided with the source:
Eclogues 3.93: Frigidus, o pueri (fugite hinc!), latet anguis in herba
(A cold snake lurks in the grass, boys: fly hence).
Can anyone
In book one of the _Aeneid_, there is a simile describing the Greek
attacker Pyrrhus which compares Pyrrhus to a snake _mala gramina pastus_
(a snake which has fed on evil grasses).
Hope this helps,
Randi Eldevik
On Tue, 28 Apr 1998, Dave McLean/Justine Viets-McLean wrote:
Hello,
I am
The phrase _is_ from Persius:
SATVRA I
O curas hominum! o quantum est in rebus inane!
'quis leget haec?' min tu istud ais? nemo hercule. 'nemo?'
uel duo uel nemo. 'turpe et miserabile.' quare?
On Tue, 28 Apr 1998,
At 15:30 98/04/28 -0400, you wrote:
There is a line from the work where Aeneas says Someday we will look back
on these days of tribulation, and we will laugh, or something to that
effect. I would like to find out the book and line number of this quote.
(I had thought that it was Book III, but
Okay, I guess I'll have to go into more detail. The source of the alleged
Persius quotation is the _Poetria_ of Magister Mathias Lincopensis
(Mathias of Linkoeping), the 14th-century Swedish theologian. He
introduces the quotation by saying Alii gravantur in fine, ut in
responsionibus, ut in
I can't tell you much about where it comes from, but it is a fairly popular
quote in the middle ages - it is even turns up in der wilde Alexander!
Helen Conrad-O'Briain
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Randi,
I have a funny feeling this is Juvenal, but I'm at home and I don't
have a Juvenal - although I just bought a Leipzig Quintillian for 40p at
the Trinity booksale! Looking in Lewis and Short, I see Juvenal 2.83 as
well as Martial 1.40 quoted for a short o in nemo
It isn't in
I believe the line you want is I.203, forsan et haec olim meminisse juvabit.
Glenda
There is a line from the work where Aeneas says Someday we will look back
on these days of tribulation, and we will laugh, or something to that
effect. I would like to find out the book and line number of this
Date: Tue, 28 Apr 1998 11:42:00 -0400
From: Andy Lafrenz [EMAIL PROTECTED]
This follows up on Randi Eldevik's comments about the coluber mala
gramina pastus. Actually, the phrase occurs in Book II of the Aeneid, at
line 471. Virgil (Vergil?) uses a snake motif a little earlier in the
same
Sorry,
I am a high school student taking AP Latin, I have a general idea of some
similarties, I guess I need to go look up this Oxford Dictionary in the
library, once again thanks for the advice
Anjali
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