I have no idea about Virgil's use of numbers though I would imagine it has
something to do with Pythagoras and his group. By way of this hypothesis, I
would like to know if anyone out there has any info or direction to lit. on
the subject. (not nec. connected to Virgil)
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In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Laura
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>For example you can find this expression in very late
Not late but early; it is Ennodius who is very late.
> latin poets, as Ennius
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> "Malo hercle magno suo convivat sine modo"
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>In Saturarum lib. I, 1 (I
Does anyone have some in depth insight into Vergil and his use of numbers?
I have looked everywhere and there seems to be no book or article that I
can find that addresses Roman authors and numerology. I ask this question
because I have noted Vergil uses numbers quite often, and knowing the
natur
>When a Roman said 'hercle' he was swearing by Hercules, and I mean 'he',
>for women didn't say it; conversely mean didn't say 'ecastor', 'by
>Castor', though both sexes said 'edepol', by Pollux: see Aulus Gellius
>11. 6. Similarly it is Greek men who say Herakleis. However, 'hercle'
>found its way