Re: A great big steaming pile of fewmets

From: Nick Brooke <Nick_at_...>
Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2004 00:10:46 -0000


>> You could apply the same description to the medieval stories
>> about the magician Vergil, but the author of the Aeneid is
>> historical just the same.

> I didn't know that there were medieval stories about the 'magician > Vergil', can you tell me more?

Google is your friend (search for: vergil magician).

Because Vergil included a tour of the underworld in the sixth book of the Aeneid, he was assumed to be a knowledgeable magician. That's why he ended up starring as the guide to Hell in Dante's "Inferno".

Cheers, Nick

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