Anybody who is interested in panpipes, bagpipes, and other pastoral
equipment, by the way, would enjoy a long and very informative essay by
Richard and Lin Peterson in the current *Spenser Studies*. Forgive the pr
for the recent volume, but it's a very good piece and seems relevant to
this particular issue. Anne P.
On Wed, 25 Oct 2000, shirley sharon-zisser wrote:
> Dear Andy,
>
> Would you tell me why you think the "reed" is a lute, not Pan's pipe? Does
> not the 1588 translation of Theocritus's eighth eclogue speak of it as a
> "Whistell which I made with note thrise three /Joinde with white waxe"?
>
> thanks,
>
> Shirley Sharon-Zisser
>
> >I I would suggest that the
> >shepherd's "reed" was a pastoral convention for what was, in reality, the
> >proper instrument of Apollo. At the time of Theocritus that would be the
> >lyre or kithara - in Spenser's age, the lute.
> >
> >
>
>
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