From: Hermit (hidden@lucifer.com)
Date: Wed May 08 2002 - 12:05:44 MDT
[Fabes 1]
[Hermit 2]
[Matt 3]
[Kharin 4]
[Hermit 5]
[Adam 6]
[Hermit 7]
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[quote from: adamg@bu.edu on 2002-05-08 at 11:27:08]
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[Adam 6] If I may interject, I'm not aware of the evidence that school children were taught the Aeneid as literal history. In fact there are reasons I strenuously doubt this is the case. The grammarians possessed a well-reticulated system of literary criticism (as Hermit pointed out), based on reading poetry as fictive, that preserved Roman knowledge into the Dark Ages.
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[Adam 6] In other words serious Romans took the Aeneid at face value as a great poem and witheld the stamp of historicity for the more rigorously researched genre of historical prose.
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[Adam 6] In many ways the educated Roman approach to religion was pragmatic and modern, a point I've always found fascinating. Hope I didn't waste too much space to expand on a small point but I feel it may be relevant to Virus' overall mission.
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[Hermit 7] This is not a trivial point at all.
[Hermit 7] I am in complete agreement with you on all of your observations and for demonstrating the value of a classical education.
[Hermit 7] Thank-you for an exceptionally well researched and written post.
Kind Regards
Hermit
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