Verbal Artistry in Vergil: Sound and Sense in Aeneid 1. 300-301 At A. 1.297 Mercury is dispatched to instruct Dido to welcome the Trojans to Carthage. His flight is described thus in 300-301: …Volat ille per aera Continue Reading →
Verbal Artistry in Vergil: Sound and Sense in Aeneid 1.124-5 and 1.245-6 A couple of examples of sound reinforcing sense in the Aeneid. I’m nearly certain that none of these are original, but I’m just jotting them down as Continue Reading →
Etymology at the snack table I overheard the word ‘denigrate’ (syn: disparage, slander, ‘blacken’) while having an afternoon snack with the wife and kid, and before I knew it I wa Continue Reading →
