Tibullus, Elegies II

325 Pages·2002·4.858 MB·English

by  Paul Murgatroyd

Tibullus, Elegies I I

TIBULLUS
Elegies II
Edited with Introduction and Commentary by
PAUL MURGATROYD
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PREFACE
In this commentary I generally follow the practices and pro
cedures of my Tibullus I (Pietermaritzburg, 1980; reprinted
Bristol, 1991 ), as laid out in its preface. In several respects, how
ever, I have streamlined the notes, in an attempt to place less of a
barrier of scholarship between the reader and the Latin (so, for
example, I refrain from discussing theories and interpretations
that seem to me manifestly incorrect, and I do not raise the
question of whether diction is poetical, prosaic, colloquial, etc.,
unless it has a substantial bearing on appreciation). One element
receives rather more attention than before, and that is structure.
As my research progressed, it became clearer and clearer to me
that in book Tibullus regarded this as an important aspect of his
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poetry. Although some of the links I propose may not have been
deliberate, I do feel that most of them will have been, and
although the reader may not be convinced by some individual
suggestions and conclusions, I would assert that cumulatively
they have validity. However, I accept that not all will be per
suaded by or interested in such material, and so, for the benefit
of those who will not be, I have restricted my remarks on the
overall structure of individual elegies to a Structural Appendix
and my observations on ring-composition within sections of
poems to the final paragraphs of the sectional notes. The same
wish to spare uninterested readers lies behind my decision to
group together, normally in the final paragraphs of the notes, my
observations and suggestions in connection with style and sound.
There remains the pleasant duty of recording my debts of
thanks. I must acknowledge a generous grant from the Arts
Research Board of l\1cl\1aster University. Professor G. C.
Galinsky has kindly allowed me to cite the sigla employed
in LENZ-GALJNSKY. I was extremely fortunate in being able to
submit this work for comment to three experts and friends
J.
Professor H. D. Jocelyn, Mr A. G. Lee, and Professor C.
McKeown. It has benefited greatly from their thorough, penet
rating, and stimulating criticism, given very generously at times
vm PREFACE
when they themselves were extremely busy, although, of
they should not be held responsible for such errors and infelicities
as remain. I must also thank the editorial staff of the Oxford
University Press for the exemplary diligence, vigilance, and
efficiency they have shown in the editing of this book. Finally, as
ever I owe a very real debt of gratitude to my wife for her under
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standing and support and for her help over a prolonged period in
word-processing and many other spheres.
P.M.
8 October 1992
CONTENTS
Introduction
Xl
Tibullus, Elegies I I: Text I
Tibullus, Elegies I I: Commentary 15
Critical Appendix 271
Structural Appendix 283
Select Bibliography 292
Index Nominum 299
Index V erborum 300
Index Rerum 303