There is a lost play by Thyestes, written by Quintus Ennius.  There is
also a 1950s Benedictine Monk named Father Ernetti who developed a
chronovisor and claimed to have been able to bring back across time
portions of this play in Latin.  Where can I find the text of this
lost play?

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Request for Question Clarification by ldcdc-ga on 09 Aug 2002 07:21 PDT

Hi.

I don't know exactly what you are looking for.

If you are looking for the text somewhere on the web, I'm sorry to say
but I haven't found it.

If you are looking for Quintus Ennius real play, you will not be able
to find. It is indeed lost.

But if what you want is the text that Father Ernetti "obtained", then
you can find it in this book: "FATHER ERNETTI'S CHRONOVISOR The
Creation and Disappearance of the World's First Time Machine" by Peter
Krassa,  ISBN 1-892138-02-6 $16.95 Ill 224 pp.

Here are some reviews for you to read:
http://www.newpara.com/time_travel.htm
http://www.ufocity.com/arcturus/0400arc.cfm

The books costs $16.95 all over the Internet, but I found it at Amazon
with $12.99.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/1892138026/qid%3D1028901446/202-2235411-7823041

At Half.com is costs even less: $12.71
http://half.ebay.com/cat/buy/prod.cgi?cpid=528746&domain_id=1856&meta_id=1

Does this answer your question?

If not please tell us why.

If it does, then I believe it would be fair for me to post this as an
answer.
Tell me to do so if that's the case.

Regards,

ldcdc-ga

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Clarification of Question by estela5-ga on 09 Aug 2002 10:46 PDT

Thank you (both).  This definitely qualifies as an answer to my
question, by all means.  Please post and I will gladly give a
favorable rating.

Hi. 
 
I don't know exactly what you are looking for. 
 
If you are looking for the text somewhere on the web, I'm sorry to say
but I haven't found it.
 
If you are looking for Quintus Ennius real play, you will not be able
to find. It is indeed lost.
 
But if what you want is the text that Father Ernetti "obtained", then
you can find it in this book: "FATHER ERNETTI'S CHRONOVISOR The
Creation and Disappearance of the World's First Time Machine" by Peter
Krassa,  ISBN 1-892138-02-6 $16.95 Ill 224 pp.
 
Here are some reviews for you to read: 
http://www.newpara.com/time_travel.htm 
http://www.ufocity.com/arcturus/0400arc.cfm 
 
The books costs $16.95 all over the Internet, but I found it at Amazon
with $12.99.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/1892138026/qid%3D1028901446/202-2235411-7823041
 
At Half.com is costs even less: $12.71 
http://half.ebay.com/cat/buy/prod.cgi?cpid=528746&domain_id=1856&meta_id=1
 
 
Search terms used:

Thyestes "lost play"
Krassa, Peter. FATHER ERNETTI'S CHRONOVISOR

After that I simply knew that the best prices for books are at
Half.com and Amazon.com.

Thank you for using Google Answers.

Regards, 
 
ldcdc-ga

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Clarification of Answer by ldcdc-ga on 09 Aug 2002 19:05 PDT

This search term was also useful to me:

Thyestes "Quintus Ennius"

Hello estela5-ga, 

ldcdc-ga has answered this question.  

The alleged fragment is discussed in the book on Chapter VII.

You seek either a fragment of Thyestes from the ether captured by
Father Ernetti, or a fragment from the gifted mind of Father Ernetti
that would be disputed by the plays author if he could return.

Trained in science and boiled in religion and spiritualism, I can only
offer that this is a fun read(the book) and according to the book
reviewer totally enjoyable.  I love Fantasy and Science Fiction.  In
fact, much of Well's science fiction became reality.  The idea that
thoughts from thousands of years ago or even seconds ago are kept in
an etheric repository is interesting, but it remains a fiction.  I
wish I can remember where I left my car keys much less the play of
Thyestes.

"A huge reaction set in when Ernetti claimed to have photographed the
crucified Christ — and when the photo was proven a fake. Ernetti was a
man of good repute, and Mr. Krassa examines why an honest man would
lie in this way"
http://www.newtimes.org/issue/0101/chronovisor.htm
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Lucius Annaeus Seneca's Thyestes
Translated into English by Caryl Churchill
Directed by James Macdonald
http://www.didaskalia.net/issues/vol1no3/keen.html
*************************
This fragment you are referring is apparently in the book:"FATHER
ERNETTI'S CHRONOVISOR:
 THE CREATION AND DISAPPEARANCE OF THE WORLD'S FIRST TIME MACHINE" on
Chapter VII.

From what I have briefly read on Father Ernetti, this is the alleged
fragment of Thyestes lost play and also, apparently, a fragment from
the creative mind of Father Ernetti who definitely was a gifted
intellectual.

VII. THYESTES: THE ERNETTI FRAGMENT  37

http://www.newpara.com/time_traveler.htm
FATHER ERNETTI'S CHRONOVISOR:
 THE CREATION AND DISAPPEARANCE OF THE WORLD'S FIRST TIME MACHINE

I hope you enjoy the book. I believe I will check it out of the
library and love it myself. Padre Pio's biography is another favorite
of mine.

Brad-ga