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A ramble on Latin scholarship

I’ve been away from this world for awhile. The opportunity presented itself to move 2,800 miles away, and despite a good job teaching Latin in a good

September 22, 2013 |

Verbal Artistry in Vergil: Soundplay in Aeneid 2.19

This may be a bit of a stretch, but given Vergil’s Alexandrianism I’m going to go with it. In Aeneid 2.19, in the first description of the Trojan Hors

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Eric in Language, Literature | March 19, 2013 | 150 Words

Engraved Gourds?

In his Commentary on Jonah, Jerome refers (4:6) to “gourds of small cups/vessels” on which images of the Apostles are sketched: Et revera in ipsis cuc

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Eric in Language | February 18, 2013 | 59 Words

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