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To the Editor

N.Y.Times Book Review, 7 Jan. 2007

"Arms and the man I sing." Oops, or is it "Wars and a man I sing"? Darn, or is it something or other else?

Why should one read Robert Fagles, or any other middleman, instead of actually reading Virgil? Why anything but "Arma virumque cano"?

If one is too lazy to learn Latin, it is surely a waste of time to read Fagles under the illusion that one is reading Virgil. Try Shakespeare instead.


John Winkler
Ancient Studies Institute, 154 Auburn St. Cambridge, MA 02139, USA 617-868-6850 paul@ancientstudiesinstitute.org