Re: OT: First text in Agsem

On Thu, 3 Feb 2000, Ed Heil wrote:

> Well, then he had no clue, because Ovid's Metamorphoses isn't an
> imitation of Homer! ;)
I suspect he was talkin' about Virgil.  Ovid, as you well know, you cheeky
boy, wasn't considered a "serious" poet.

>
> Patrick Dunn wrote:
>
> > On Thu, 3 Feb 2000, Ed Heil wrote:
> >
> > > It's not just Church Latin, man; it was all over by the late Empire.
> > > Heck, Julian the Apostate probably spoke that way, or close to it! :)
> >
> > Probably not.  By most accounts he knew just enough Latin to command his
> > troops.  He used to say something to the effect of, "why should I learn
> > Latin when they only have one good poem and it's just an imitation of
> > Homer?"
> >
> > >
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> > > .................... edheil@postmark.net .......................
> > > "In the labyrinth of the alphabet the truth is hidden. It is one
> > >  thing repeated many times." -- AOS
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> > >
> > >
> > > Patrick Dunn wrote:
> > >
> > > > On Thu, 3 Feb 2000, Ed Heil wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Patrick Dunn wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > copjaj infinitaj lacamendajce.
> > > > >
> > > > > Is copjaj supposed to derive from "copiae"?  If so, note that
> > > > > Renaissance Latinists would be unlikely to be aware of the
> > > > > pronunciation of "copiae" as /'copIai/ in Classical Latin.  They
> would
> > > > > have pronounced it /'copIe/.
> > > >
> > > > Well, yeah, I know.  That occurred to me.  But church Latin gives me
> hives
> > > > so I engaged in a bit of artistic license.  Perhaps these mages have
> > > > sources of knowledge that the rest of us didn't.
> > > >
> > > > Really, I just can't endure church Latin.  I try.  But even when I sing
> > > > out loud to the Carmina Burana, I have to force myself not to sing in
> > > > classical Latin.
> > >
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