At 03:55 PM 1/24/99 +0100, Gert De Ceukelaire wrote:
For several years I have worked on Jacob of Maerlant's Middle Dutch adaptation of Virgil's Aeneid. Unfortunately I was never able to finish my work, but I still kept an interest in mediaeval as well as classical literature. One of the problems
I have taken a couple of days to do some
checking on the basis that if we take Vergil literally and dispensed with
'poetic' meanings, there may be a solid reason for using 'bitter'. He certainly
knew his country lore and much else! I began to wonder, especially as another
waterside tree
When the reinforcements led by Volcens see Nisus and Euryalus, Virgil
says that
iamque propinquabant castris murosque subibant.
One of my students asked which camp. The very ad hoc arrangements of the
Rutuli don't seem to encompass muri; but why would they be going right up
to the walls of the
I'm afraid I posted this message twice, but I made three mistakes the first
time I sent it: (1) it was adressed to the listowner (2) I used with my wife's
account instead of my own (3) I only sent the message itself without greetings.
I apologise for any inconvenience.
For several years
