Stephanie to Julia Briggs, Monday

Item — Box: 3, Folder: 7

Identifier: 2005.002.1.3.7.081

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Scope and Contents

"Dear Julia 'Habes tota quod usente petiste.' Aeneid IV 100, Juno to Venus. 'You have what you have sought with your whole mind (wholeheartedly)' The scansion shows that Tota must go with mente. Nothing about uifelix in the whole speech. (This suggests that E.N. was quoting from memory, and was indeed under the impression that Dido was the speaker)..."