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From: Patrick Roper [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Subject: RE: VIRGIL: Eclogue plants
Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2002 15:36:36 +0100
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At 05:55 PM 4/15/02 +0100, you wrote:
Hedera and Acanthus were, I imagine, the same as the plants (ivy and bear's
breeches) that bear those Latin names today. Colocasia and baccar, however,
seem to present some difficulties. One translator suggests sowbreads and
lotuses, another gipsy lilies and
I would be interested in views on the plants in the following from Eclogue
IV:
Errantis hederas passim cum baccare tellus
Mixtaque ridenti colocasia fundet acantho
Hedera and Acanthus were, I imagine, the same as the plants (ivy and bear's
breeches) that bear those Latin names today. Colocasia
