In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Hieronymus
Prechtl [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes
Halifax, Nova Scotia
October 17, 2:00 pm
DONATUS: a few things here and there, like that Cicero, having familiarized
himself with every nuance of the Bucolics, was so impressed that he
declared Virgil the second great
Good morning All...
I had written:
DONATUS: a few things here and there, like that Cicero, having
familiarized
himself with every nuance of the Bucolics, was so impressed that he
declared Virgil the second great hope of Rome, as if he himself were
the
first hope of the Latin
Guten Tag, David...
Great, your suggestions. Vielen Dank
More to say later. No time now.
Thanks,
Ambros
Three places to look for a quick start:
Etc.
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Hieronymus Prechtl is right, and so is Leofranc Holford-Strevens. The
problem is that the Donatus vita was expanded in early the fifteenth
century. My translation, from which Prechtl cites, includes the expansions
but puts them in angle brackets:
90. The success of the Bucolics was such when he
Halifax, Nova Scotia
October 17, 2:00 pm
Good day, everyone.
I am doing a small project for a course on Augustan poetry titled Others on
Virgil. I have collected some evidence but I am sure there is more, much
more, out there. If anyone can think of some without investing time in a
search,
