tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-278009708992140259.post5441898119317155552..comments2019-11-18T06:53:52.326+08:00Comments on Something by Virtue of Nothing: Giants' Shoulders no. 69ane pixestoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01750266230259761680noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-278009708992140259.post-11096309771862853492014-03-28T08:09:00.939+08:002014-03-28T08:09:00.939+08:00Grazie a Lei per questo post stupendo!<i>Grazie a Lei per questo post stupendo!</i>Tom Matrullohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11460789537848811061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-278009708992140259.post-5137256273439477712014-03-28T04:40:06.154+08:002014-03-28T04:40:06.154+08:00...one has to love the assembly of information on ......one has to love the assembly of information on the internet: now on this blog there are two degrees of separation from me and the Virgil tunnel (was never there myself...) <i>grazie per il tuo commento</i>!ane pixestoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01750266230259761680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-278009708992140259.post-25721240046091902442014-03-27T11:56:25.710+08:002014-03-27T11:56:25.710+08:00As it happens, long ago I somehow made my way by t...As it happens, long ago I somehow made my way by train to the stop near that tunnel opening close to the alleged site of Virgil's grave. I was quite young, and met an old man whom I asked where I could find "la tomba di Virgilio." <br /><br />In contrast to Ms. Lawrence's obviously correct comment that "Although Virgil’s real burial place is probably lost in antiquity, he wasn’t forgotten," the old man looked at me and said, with a gesture of dismissive disinterest, "Questo Virgilio - e chi e?"<br />Tom Matrullohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11460789537848811061noreply@blogger.com