At 5:47 PM +0100 6/24/1999, TA Saunders, Department of Classics & Ancient
History wrote:
>Dear List,
>
>Two areas of interest which are currently occupying me in my study of
>the Eclogues are their relationship to pictorial art and to the Roman
>theatre. I have already found a number of articles an
>Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1999 13:42:28 -0400
>From: Lena Friesen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
>Hello all--
>
>I'm new here, so pardon me if this has been discussed before - I was
>wondering what the better translations are of the Aeneid, I own the Knight
>and West prose versions already, are there any else? I
At 3:27 PM -0400 4/6/99, RANDI C ELDEVIK wrote:
>James,
> Granted, I may be overinterpreting, but let's remember that Athena
>was also a war-goddess. I think what I've said about the importance of
>horses for military victory and conquest fits in nicely with the horse
>being a gift to Athena,
(Context follows:)
Too much might be made out of the fact that Homer calls the Trojans
"hippodamoi." It's a fairly general heroic epithet in Homer-- a quick
glance at LSJ shows that the word is used of Agamemnon (the dream at the
beginning of Iliad 2 calls Agamemnon "heudeis Atreos huie daïphronos
