and the like, as Leofranc suggests this one might have.
Dan King
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I can't find it as yet, but Amores i.3.18 is rather similar, so it's
probably Ovid, but I'm pretty sure it's not Amores
Dan King
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From: Simon Cauchi [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: VIRGIL: source of quotation please
Date: Thursday, February 25, 1999 4:09 AM
You've also hit on a subject of great debate in antiquity. Gorgias wrote a
whole speech vindicating Helen of any responsibility, just to prove that
rhetoric could make any weak argument strong. See Euripides' Trojan Women
for a really full debate on the matter - 'Did she want to go or was she
just
his revenge on the
murderer of Pallas. the blood of the offender has been shed and the
conciliation of Trojans and Latins can continue unhindered.
It would therefore have little to do with religion as such, though still
very much to do with pietas
Dan King
