17.198 Correus found and defined

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       [1] From: francois_cr@btinternet.com (28)
             Subject: re correus, wherefore art thou correus

       [2] From: Qsums@aol.com (7)
             Subject: Re: 17.192 Correus, wherefore art thou Correus?

       [3] From: han.baltussen@adelaide.edu.au (4)
             Subject: re 17.192 correus, wherefore art thou correus

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             Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2003 06:39:27 +0100
             From: francois_cr@btinternet.com
             Subject: re correus, wherefore art thou correus

    >From http://mairie.ansacq.chez.tiscali.fr/ansacq2a.html:

    Correus était un chef gaulois du pays bellovaque, c'est-à-dire l'état de
    la Gaule Belgique, de la Somme à l'Oise et à la Seine, le pays de
    Beauvais. Il prit la tête du mouvement des Etats du Nord de la Gaule
    contre les Romains en l'année 54 avant Jésus-Christ. Correus périt dans
    une embuscade qu'il avait tendue à l'armée romaine.

    "Les chefs fauteurs de la guerre étaient fort nombreux mais la masse
    obéissait surtout à Correus, parce qu'on savait sa haine violente du nom
    romain".

    Jules César - La Guerre des Gaules - Livre VIII chapitre VII

    Hope this helps

    François Crompton-Roberts

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    Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2003 06:31:36 +0100
    From: Alan D Corre <corre@uwm.edu>

    Some years ago I bought an engraving entitled the Death of Correus. I
    was intrigued by it because it has my name in a Latin format, complete
    with the acute accent that I have on the e, which is strange in a Latin
    word. It shows a pile of bodies in a scene of carnage with human heads
    nailed to a post and arrows flying through the air from the opposing
    side. A martial figure wearing a helmet brandishes a sword. No one has
    been able to tell me who Correus is, or why his death was memorable. Can
    any classical scholar help? The engraving is marked Paris Exposition
    1889, Gebbie and Husson photogravure. Thank you.

                                Alan D. Corre
                        Emeritus Professor of Hebrew Studies
                        University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
                            http://www.uwm.edu/~corre/

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             Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2003 06:39:46 +0100
             From: Qsums@aol.com
             Subject: Re: 17.192 Correus, wherefore art thou Correus?

    In a message dated 21/8/03 7:16:45 am, willard@lists.village.Virginia.EDU
    writes:

    >corre@uwm.edu

    You should find the story of Correus in Caesar's Gallic Wars, Book 8.

    Michael Farringdon
    Ariel Cottage, 8 Hadland terrace,
    West Cross, Swansea SA3 5TT, UK

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             Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2003 06:40:03 +0100
             From: han.baltussen@adelaide.edu.au
             Subject: re 17.192 correus, wherefore art thou correus

    correus is Latin for "One indicted jointly with another person." (con
    - reus)

    no idea who the person might be

    HB

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