2010.08.03
Today online the reasons why seventeen lines of the epistle to Florus should be deleted. Have a good reading! And remember: registering to virgilmurder is free and without any obligation, it’s just an encouragement.
2010.07.20
Seventeen forged lines in the epistle to Florus (Hor., Epist. II, 2, 126-42)? with a light rectification to http://www.virgilmurder.org/images/pdf/arsp.pdf, p. 14 n. 19. Today online (“Vivier d’articles”). It’s written in French, but will be soon, I’m afraid, translated in (my deplorable) English. I apologize in advance.
2010.06.25Today online (in French: see "Vivier d'articles"): some reflections about the datation of the so-called Sidus Iulium.Have a fruitful reading!
2010.06.23
Now on http://golden-age.over-blog.com/5-index.html you can read an exciting commentary on the (virtually) most famous coin of the world.
2010.05.19
Today online (in French): Labor improbus. Have a useful reading!
2010.04.22 : “Propertius, fear the Crab, eight-footed Cancer!” (Prop. 4.1.150): http://golden-age.over-blog.com/photo-1468627-Le-denier-de-M.-Durmius_jpg.html
Today on “More analyses”: “Propertius’ punishment”.
2010.03.28Today online (More analyses): How Virgil in the sixth book of the Aeneid, has managed to express, in spite of the censorship, his disgust and anger against Augustus through his avatar Aeneas.
2010.03.20
Today is the 2052d anniversary of Ovid’s birthday. Let’s celebrate, let’s hope that he will be some day avenged. It depends on each of us.
2010.03.17An allusion to Attia, Julius Caesar’s niece, in the sixth book of the Aeneid ? Today online ("More analyses"). Have a fruitful reading!
2010.02.10: News from Canidia:http://golden-age.over-blog.com/article-les-metamorphoses-de-la-canidia-horatienne-44857633.html .
2010.02.03
Is there a link between Horace Od. 4. 11 and Euripides Electra ? Today online ("More analyses"). Have a good reading !
2010.01.17
25 (+ 8) imperial lines in the Ars Poetica ? Today online ("More analyses"). Have a fruitful reading !
2010.01.08
Ars Poetica : should the Muses seize the pitchforks again (see "Augustus and ambiguity") ? Soon online.
2009.12.21A soupçon of Augustus in Lucretius too ? Today online ("More Analyses"). Have a pleasant reading !
2009.12.15Did Augustus invite himself in De Rerum Natura also? Soon online.
2009.12.09Today online (More analyses) : "Augustus and ambiguity". You can react on the Forum.
2009.12.08Today, 2073rd anniversary of Horace’s birthday. Let’s rejoice !
2009. 11.27Today, 2016th anniversary of Horace’s death, but should we not rather say murder ? see http://www.espace-horace.org/etud/maleuvre1.htm
2009. 11.22
Eight spurious lines in Horace’s Ars Poetica ? Soon online.
2009. 10. 28It appears that the notion of ambiguity is too often used by critics who, consciously or unconsciously, wish to muzzle the cacozelian poets. In response, see on "Vivier d’articles" (in French) "Ambiguïté, un puits sans fond ?" Have a fruitful reading!
2009. 10. 15 :Today, 2078th anniversary of Virgil’s birthday. Let’s rejoice ! “all the charm of all the Muses / often flowering in a lonely word”, A. Tennyson, To Virgil.
2009. 10. 07 :
Today on "More analyses", some corrections to Jeux de Masques
2009. 09. 21 :
For the 2071st anniversary of Augustus’ birth, see on “More analyses” a new evidence of “his good feelings” towards Virgil. Have a joyful reading !2009. 09. 21 :
Although it’s generally admitted that Virgil died on the 21st of September –19, the possibility that it was on the 22d of September (Donatus auctus) cannot be ruled out. By a strange coincidence, it would have been just the day before Augustus’ birthday : see Hor. Epist. 1 . 5 (Bibliography, item n° 35, pp. 162 ff.).2009. 09. 21 :
Today is a sad anniversary : 2027 years ago Virgil died in shady circumstances.
“Hod took the mistletoe and aimed at Balder as directed by Loki. The dart went right through him, and he fell dead to the ground. This was the greatest misfortune ever to befall gods and men.”, The Death of Balder , from The Prose Edda of Snorri Sturluson.2009. 09. 10 :
Is the prologue of Hor., Sat. 1. 10 really spurious ? Today online (on “More articles”). Have a pleasant reading.2009.08.24
An allusion to Virgil’s murder in Ov., Amor. II, 16 ? See http://golden-age.over-blog.com/article-35213648.html2009.08.21
Today online : "Why Tomis ?" Have a pleasant reading !2009.07.27
Today online (see "More analyses") : ABOLERE SYCHAEUM (Virg., Aen. I, 670) ? You can react on the Forum.2009.07.22
Addition of a note (n. 1) to "A relentless killer".
2009.06.26
He was 50 years old. The cause of his death does not seem clear. Investigations are going on...
2009.06.19 :
How I love President Obama when he swats a fly that is just a fly ! How I hate the emperor Augustus when he puts to death a culex that is much more than a culex (see "A coin speaks" and "Textual evidence") !
2009.06.12 :
Virgil in love with Octavian!!! No, you are not dreaming. In his recent book entitled Virgil the Partisan : A Study in the Re-Integration of Classics (2008), p. 288, Professor Anton Powell was not afraid to write : "Since Virgil had an intense sensibility towards the beauty of young men, and Octavian himself was a young man of very attractive looks who was glad to have them acknowledged, may a study of the personal in Virgil lead us back into the political ? Did he, like his character Tityrus, find Octavian's face unforgettable, with consequences for his work? ... It would be irresponsible not to entertain the possibility that for Virgil part of the reason for his political partisanship was he found Octavian gorgeous". Sorry, Professor Powell, I must confess my total irresponsability in this kind of “entertainment”… But to avenge Virgil, I kindly invite the visitors to read, or re-read “A matter of size” (on “More analyses”).
2009.06.01
Today online : Augustus Tortor (on “More analyses”).
2009.05.25
Today online ("More analyses") an English translation of Ille ego qui quondam... (= Bibliography, item n° 31). Reactions are welcome on the Forum.
2009.05.12
Today online ("More analyses") : A RELENTLESS KILLER. Have a good reading !
2009.05.09 : “The voice of Justice cries out ! The blood of Virgil stains the land, begging for YOU to recognize his true killer !” If you wish to show your solidarity with the cause (and to have access to anti-Aeneid 1, 2, 3, 4, 5), become a member : it’s free !
2009.05.06
Today online ("Vivier d'articles") a beautiful article on Ovid's In Ibin, by Baudouin Schmitz. Have a fruitful reading !
2009.05.02
Today online ("More analyses") “Hor., Od. 1. 3 and Virgil’s death : A sharpened piece of evidence”. Have a pleasant reading !2009.04.23
Addition to A MATTER OF SIZE : Ovid, Amor. III, 6, 5-6 (Paruus eras, memini, nec te transire refugi / Summaque uix talos contigit unda meos) is alluding to Mopsus’ small stature (Iam fragilis poteram a terra contingere ramos, Ecl. VIII, 40). This obvious echo only takes sense if we accept the suggestion that the Torrent is an allegory of Octavius (see Jeux de Masques, pp. 245-9).
2009.04.17
Today online : A MATTER OF SIZE (on "More analyses"). Have a joyful reading !
2009.04.01
Today online, an article by Stive Rochemin : FIVE IN ONE (on "More analyses"). Have a good reading !
2009.03.20
Today, the 20th of March, let’s celebrate Ovid’s anniversary ! Ovid was born in the year 43 B. C. : Trist. IV, 10, 13, and he died in the reign of Tiberius, who hated him (16 ? 17 ?). He was 50 when the emperor Augustus banished him, just as Vergil was 50 when the Sun (sic) stroke him to death. The poet tells us how gloomy his birthdays were at Tomis (Trist. III, 13, 1-4) :
Ecce superuacuus – quid enim fuit utile gigni?-
Ad sua natalis tempora noster adest.
Dure, quid ad miseros ueniebas exulis annos ?
Debueras illis imposuisse modum ?
“So is my Anniversary back and punctual, and superfluous too – for what’s the good of living ?- You cruel, why do you add to the wretched years of an exile ? You ought to put an end to them”.
He compared exile to death (ibid. 21-22):
Funeris ara mihi ferali cincta cupressu
Conuenit et structis flamma parata rogis
“What fits me is a funerary altar wreathed with funeral cypress, and the flame prepared for and erected pyre”.
What crime had he committed to deserve such a punishment ? Was the whole affair in relation with the murder of Vergil ? This Forum is open to all discussions.
2009.03.15
If you read French, please go to "Vivier d’articles" to discover an amusing paper by Stive Rochemin, entitled "Virgile au saloir" ("Vergil in the salting tub")… and react on this Forum.2009.03.10
Welcome to the new Virgilmurder !