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Help with quote - aitor iriarte - 11-26-2005
Hi, the big pester strikes again! :oops:
Could somebody inform me from where the quote 'Omnes quae militant cincti sunt' comes. Also a confirmation of the spelling would be warmly welcome! :roll:
Many thanks,
Aitor
Re: Help with quote - aitor iriarte - 11-26-2005
Oh, I've found it:
Servius, ad Aen. VII, 724
Unfortunately, I haven't got that work. Therefore, I'd still need confirmation and the complete, unabridged title. Also a short explanation about what kind of literature is it and the like... :roll:
Aitor
Re: Help with quote - aitor iriarte - 11-26-2005
Got it!
"Omnes enim qui militant cincti sunt"
Maurus Servius Honoratus, Grammarian, Commentary on Virgil's Aeneid, Book VIII, verse 724.
HERE
Aitor
Re: Help with quote - Kate Gilliver - 11-26-2005
Servius was a 4th century AD grammarian who wrote a commentary on Virgil's Aeneid.
The Servius reference is therefore a also a reference to Aeneid 8.724, which is the description of the shield of Aeneas. Servius is commenting on discinctos (unbelted) Africans in the picture - ie: they ain't soldiers any longer as they've been defeated.
Translation (into English, if the hyperlink works) which will also get you access to the Latin from Perseus.
[url:3b246yfp]http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.02.0054;layout=;query=card%3D%23263;loc=8.729[/url]
kate
Re: Help with quote - aitor iriarte - 11-27-2005
Many thanks, Kate!
Aitor