Re: VIRGIL: What others say about Virgil

2002-10-18 Thread Leofranc Holford-Strevens
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Hieronymus Prechtl [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes Halifax, Nova Scotia October 17, 2:00 pm DONATUS: a few things here and there, like that Cicero, having familiarized himself with every nuance of the Bucolics, was so impressed that he declared Virgil the second great

VIRGIL: What others say about Virgil Attn Leofranc

2002-10-18 Thread Hieronymus Prechtl
Good morning All... I had written: DONATUS: a few things here and there, like that Cicero, having familiarized himself with every nuance of the Bucolics, was so impressed that he declared Virgil the second great hope of Rome, as if he himself were the first hope of the Latin

Re: VIRGIL: What others say about Virgil

2002-10-18 Thread Hieronymus Prechtl
Guten Tag, David... Great, your suggestions. Vielen Dank More to say later. No time now. Thanks, Ambros Three places to look for a quick start: Etc. --- To leave the Mantovano mailing list at any

Re: VIRGIL: What others say about Virgil

2002-10-18 Thread David Wilson-Okamura
Hieronymus Prechtl is right, and so is Leofranc Holford-Strevens. The problem is that the Donatus vita was expanded in early the fifteenth century. My translation, from which Prechtl cites, includes the expansions but puts them in angle brackets: 90. The success of the Bucolics was such when he

re: VIRGIL: Virgil and Vergil revisited

2002-10-18 Thread wr
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