Another virtue of Ciardi's that I forgot to mention was that I also
saw a splendid hardback that contained that marvelous painting, "Dante
And His Poem" reprinted on the dust jacket. Sorry that I can't recall
the publisher, either WW Norton or Everyman's Library.
Funny how the contemporary rendi
ws his master's version. In essence, although no
opinion is presented as to what source Dante had when composing his
poem, Grandgent points out that he knew the entire "Aeneid," and could
recite it from memory.
Thanks for your observations, gentlemen.
Best wishes, Scott Pierce
P.S. In
Thank you, M. Taccheri and Ms.Conrad-O'Brian for the insightful
comments re: Virgil's view of the Underworld.
Yours etc.,
Scott F. Pierce
---Umberto Taccheri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> You can find a discussion about its debts to Orphism (and other
> related religions and philosophies) i
usy day to respond. I've been getting all fired up for the past
two years--re-reading Virgil, Lucan, Dante, my perennial favorite,
Homer, Juvenal and next Statius--without understanding why. Now, it's
getting clearer to me. If the world still loves the old chestnuts,
I'd love to te
Thank you for your comments and observations. I'd like to respond to
them, but am somewhat at a loss, not having read the poem for over a
year and a half now. However, I particularly enjoyed your assessment
of the problems presented there. Especially, about yielding to
heaven, and Aeneas' obviou
Thank you for the wonderful observations from Book V, games. Right
now, all I can recall is the old warrior smashing the bull in the
brains, upon receiving his prize. Love Vergil's depiction of his
contempt for the tenor of the games, his prize and and the colorful
description of the beast fallin
s etc.,
bodywhomp98
aka Scott F. Pierce
---Peter Bryant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Scott Pierce wrote:
> >I loved receiving Statius, in Latin no
> > less! When I tried to special order the Thebaid from a bookstore a
> > yr. or so ago, I got a "WHO?" An
To [EMAIL PROTECTED],
I haven't completed the Thebaid yet, but have enjoyed as much as I
read. Received several messages from others who endorsed Melville's
1995 translation for Oxford UNIV. Press.
Best wishes,
Scott
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> In a message dated 98-06-16 22:08:02 EDT, you
I can't praise Mandelbaum enough. It saddened me to learn years ago
when I was first learning about all of these ancient greats, that what
I have I can't get anymore. Why Viking Portables pulled Binyon's
superb, although archaic-sounding terza rima and replaced it with Mark
Musa's dreck I'll neve
I forgot to add that, mandelbaum's Aeneid struck me so vividly 20 yrs.
ago, that I re-read it again before I read his California Dante.
Currently, I can't get enough of his Odyssey of Homer. Don't know if
he has an Iliad, but hope one is planned. Fitzgerald hasn't done
anything for me, nor as I
You probably already thought of this, but any luck with Amazon.com? I
often search my friend's store in Palo Alto, Ca: Chimaera. Walter
Martin is the owner, but I don't think he has a website. Yahoo yellow
pages should help you find him. He's a dante nut and maintains an
impressive stock of cl
Thank you for your request of 9 June, and I apologize for answering so
slowly. I tend to neglect my e-mail now that school is out, but we
have extended hours in the lab now, so I hope to keep current in the
future.
I don't know of any Aeneid in prose. I was going to say
Mandelbaum's, but forgot
I'm afraid that i'm out of my league. Thanks for the note, but I
wonder if I would have known the answer even in english. Do we have a
chat room for this stuff? I loved receiving Statius in latin, no
less! When I tried to special order the Thebaid from a bookstore a
yr. or so ago, I got a "WHO
Received the Statius lines from the Thebaid, Book 2, did anyone
furnish Jane with an english translation?
luv, bodywhomp98
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Does anyone know where this comes from?
>
> "Interea gelidis Maia satus aliger umbris
> iussa gerens nagni remeat Iovis: undique pigrae
> ir
14 matches
Mail list logo
