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Ms. Dobnik is evidently a journalist.  That about says it.  Even if we suppose she
remembers the beginning of the Iliad in translation with "diva" rendering "thea",
"singing the wrath" of Achilles is not precisely singing his praises.

J.F. Gannon

Keely Lake wrote:

> Is anyone able to make more sense of this than I?  My Italian is not
> beyond stumbling, so I am wondering if there is indeed something more
> than a confused journalist at heart here:
>
> Verena Dobnik in the Denver Post, Sunday Feb. 27th, in an article about
> Jessye Norman:
> "To fans, however, she is a diva in the true sense of the word's Italian
> meaning, which describes an ancient goddess praising Achilles in Homer's 'Iliad'."
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Keely Lake, graduate student
> Univ. of Iowa

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