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[EMAIL PROTECTED], M W Hughes [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes
I
think V generally tries to get his scientific facts right,
A very good subject for debate, pitting the late-antique 'It's all there
in Vergil' school against the likes of Horsfall,
Listmembers interested in the ancient history of anthrax may wish to check
out the following webpage, maintained by Adrienne Mayor -
http://www.hometown.aol.com/afmayor/myhomepage/news.html
which contains bibliography and selected commentary on 'Biological and
Chemical Warfare in the Ancient
This may be a bit late - also I'm not able to check whether anyone else
has replied, so I apologise for any repetition.
A quick glance at my trusty Lewis and Short Latin dictionary tells me that
'anthrax', the Greek word for 'coal' was not the name of any specific
disease in classical Latin,
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Subject: Re: VIRGIL: Anthrax
This may be a bit late - also I'm not able to check whether anyone else
has replied, so I apologise for any repetition.
A quick glance at my trusty Lewis and Short Latin dictionary tells me that
'anthrax', the Greek word for 'coal' was not the name of any
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Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2001 00:02:01 +0200
From: Robert Dyer [EMAIL PROTECTED]
John Geyssen a écrit :
Probably so named because of his lack of cooking skills since anthrax means
charcoal in Greek.
jg
That is the reason why the French name
Thank you so very much for your information. This is exactly what I was
looking for!
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Subject: Re: VIRGIL: Anthrax
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Please help. I am to give a lecture on Anthrax this week. In doing my
research, I discovered that Virgil had referenced this disease in his works.
I would love someone to point out the passage, or provide me with a
translation of the passage for use in my lecture.
Thank you for your help,
Leigh
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Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2001 13:34:05 -0400
From: Jim O'Hara [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Salmon, Leigh Anne wrote:
Please help. I am to give a lecture on Anthrax this week. In doing my
research, I discovered that Virgil had referenced this disease in
message forwarded by listowner, David Wilson-Okamura
Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2001 13:42:09 -0400
From: Jim O'Hara [EMAIL PROTECTED]
More: apparently the idea that Vergil was talking about anthrax appears
in the first paragraph of a lot of articles about anthrax
See also Dirckx JH. Virgil on
Interesting that Plautus 'aulularia' has a character, one of the
disreputable cooks hired for the wedding banquet, whose name is Anthrax.
SW
Please help. I am to give a lecture on Anthrax this week. In doing my
research, I discovered that Virgil had referenced this disease in his works.
I
Probably so named because of his lack of cooking skills since anthrax means
charcoal in Greek.
jg
Stuart Wheeler wrote:
Interesting that Plautus 'aulularia' has a character, one of the
disreputable cooks hired for the wedding banquet, whose name is Anthrax.
SW
Please help. I am to give a
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