More on Sea-monsters Earlier, I inquired about the frequency of the use of cete, which I had come across in Proba’s Cento. Bret Mulligan commented that one often finds it Continue Reading →
A Few Notes on Hilary of Poitiers On pp. 204-6 of vol. VIII.4.1 of Schanz/Hosius there is a brief but helpful summary of the poetic work of Hilary of Poitiers, from which the following Continue Reading →
Numerological Redemption? In his article ‘Theory and Practice in the Vergilian Cento’ (ICS 9, pp. 79-90), David F. Bright points out (p. 83 and n. 20) that, when the prologue i Continue Reading →
