My own interest in numerology and numerical composition is mostly confined
to the Christian tradition, but theses on numerical patterns in the Aeneid,
allegedly based on the Golden Mean, have been brought forward by George E.
Duckworth, _Structural Patterns and Proportions in Vergil's Aeneid: A Stu
I have no idea about Virgil's use of numbers though I would imagine it has
something to do with Pythagoras and his group. By way of this hypothesis, I
would like to know if anyone out there has any info or direction to lit. on
the subject. (not nec. connected to Virgil)
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Does anyone have some in depth insight into Vergil and his use of numbers?
I have looked everywhere and there seems to be no book or article that I
can find that addresses Roman authors and numerology. I ask this question
because I have noted Vergil uses numbers quite often, and knowing the
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