Vergil, Philodemus, and the Augustans

376 Pages·2004·2.23 MB·English

by  David Armstrong

vergil, philodemus, and the augustans
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vergil,
philodemus,
and the augustans
Edited by
david armstrong,
jeffrey fish,
patricia a. johnston,
and
marilyn b. skinner
university of texas press
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contents
Acknowledgments ix Abbreviations xi
Introduction (cid:1)
david armstrong
i. early vergil
(cid:6).Vergil’sFarewelltoEducation(Catalepton5)
andEpicurus’LettertoPythocles 25
diskin clay
2.Philosophy’sHarbor 37
francesca longo auricchio
3.Vergil’sEpicureanisminHisEarlyPoems 43
régine chambert
ii. Eclogues and Georgics
4.ConsolationintheBucolicMode:
TheEpicureanCadenceof Vergil’sFirstEclogue 63
gregson davis
5.ASecretGarden:Georgics4.(cid:6)(cid:6)6–(cid:6)48 75
w. r. johnson
6.VergilintheShadowof Vesuvius 85
marcello gigante
iii. the Aeneid: the emotions
7.TheVocabularyofAngerinPhilodemus’DeiraandVergil’sAeneid (cid:1)03
giovanni indelli
contents
8.Anger,Philodemus’GoodKing,andtheHelenEpisodeofAeneid
2.567–589:ANewProofofAuthenticityfromHerculaneum (cid:1)(cid:1)(cid:1)
jeffrey fish
9.Philodemus:AvocatioandthePathosof Distance
inLucretiusandVergil (cid:1)39
frederic m. schroeder
iv. the Aeneid: piety and the gods
(cid:6)0.PietyinVergilandPhilodemus (cid:1)59
patricia a. johnston
(cid:6)(cid:6).Vergil’sDepietate:FromEhoiaetoAllegory
inVergil,Philodemus,andOvid (cid:1)75
dirk obbink
(cid:6)2.EmotionsandImmortalityinPhilodemus
OntheGods3andtheAeneid 2(cid:1)(cid:1)
michael wigodsky
v. the Aeneid: aesthetics
(cid:6)3.Carmeninane:Philodemus’Aestheticsand
Vergil’sArtisticVision 23(cid:1)
marilyn b. skinner
(cid:6)4.VergilandMusic,inDiogenesof BabylonandPhilodemus 245
daniel delattre
vi. other augustan poets
(cid:6)5.Horace’sEpistles(cid:6)andPhilodemus 267
david armstrong
(cid:6)6.VariusandVergil:TwoPupilsof PhilodemusinPropertius2.34? 299
francis cairns
Bibliography 323 Contributors 343 GeneralIndex 347
IndexLocorum 357
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acknowledgments
ThepapersinthisvolumewerefirstpresentedattheSymposiumCuma-
num‘‘VergilandPhilodemus,’’heldattheVillaVergilianainCuma,Italy,
inJune2000.Thisconference,thefirstinternationalsymposiumfocusing
on the relationship between these two authors, was organized by Patri-
cia A. Johnston and Marilyn B. Skinner with the assistance of the late
Marcello Gigante, Professor Emeritus of the Universityof Naples Fede-
rico II, and founder of Chronache Ercolanesi, the journal of the Centro
InternazionaleperloStudiodeiPapiriErcolanesi(CISPE).Themeeting
wassponsoredbytheVergilianSocietyofAmerica,byBrandeisUniver-
sity,andbytheDepartmentofClassicsandtheCollegeofHumanitiesof
theUniversityofArizonaatTucson.Wearegratefultoalloftheseorga-
nizationsandinstitutionsfortheirgenerosity.Wealsothankthegracious
FamigliaSgarigliaforprovidingboththecharmingsettingandthewon-
derfulmealsforthisscholarlyinterchange,andtheBibliotecaNazionale
for making the papyri accessible to the conference participants during a
visittotheOfficinadeiPapiriErcolanesi.UndertheguidanceofMarcello
Gigante’ssuccessor,FrancescaLongoAuricchio,theCentrocontinuedto
playanimportantroleinbringingthisbooktocompletion.
Publicationofthevolumewasmadepossiblethroughthesupportand
assistanceofJoannaHitchcock,DirectoroftheUniversityofTexasPress,
who warmly encouraged our proposal. Humanities Editor James Burr
offered invaluable advice and support throughout the process of manu-
script preparation.We are very grateful for the valuable assistance pro-
vided by Managing Editor Carolyn CatesWylie and for the superb job
performed by Sherry Wert in copyediting a very difficult manuscript.
Lastly,we deeplyappreciate the expertise, painstaking care, and helpful
adviceofthePressreferees.
Finally,aspecialwordofthankstoMarilynSkinnerforhereffortsto
bringthisbooktopressonschedule,andtoallourunderstandingfamilies
fortheirpatientandlong-sufferingsupport.