Virgil, Aeneid 5: Text, Translation and Commentary

773 Pages·2015·3.39 MB·English

by  Lee M. Fratantuono

Virgil,Aeneid5
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Virgil, Aeneid 5
Text,TranslationandCommentary
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Contents
PrefaceandAcknowledgments vii
Introduction 1
Bibliography 35
AdLectorem 57
CriticalText 59
Translation 91
Commentary 111
IndexNominum 733
IndexRerum 747
IndexVerborum 755

Preface and Acknowledgments
ThefifthbookoftheAeneidhasnotbeenthedarlingofcommentatorsandcrit-
icsofVirgil’snarrativeepic.Anglophonestudentsandscholarsonbothsides
oftheAtlanticareperhapsmostlikelytoturntoR.D.Williams’edition,either
hiscomplete Aeneidof1972–1973(fortheMacmillan“Reds”),orhis1960stan-
dalonetreatmentofBook5(fortheOxfordVirgilproject).Theeditorsofthe
presentvolumeshareNicholasHorsfall’spublishedjudgmentonWilliamsas
Virgiliancommentator;hisBook5is,however,rathermoreusefulinouresti-
mationthanhisOxfordBook3atsolvingcertainproblemsofinterpretation.
Butingeneral,theparticularproblemsofBook5havebeensomewhatbetter
servedbytreatmentsinjournalarticlesthanincommentaries.
ItisnotatalleasytodiscernwhyBook5hasnotreceivedmoreenthusiastic
studyandconsideration.Itisinsomewaysthemostdiverseinsubjectandeven
styleofthebooksoftheepic,consistentlymaintainingtheattentionofareader-
shipofvariedinterests.And,too,Book5ispartofthe“Odyssean”Aeneidthatin
somequarters(atleastuntilcomparativelyrecently)hasreceivedrathermore
attentionthanthelaterbooksofthepoem.Ourinvestigationofitstreasures
anddifficultiesalikehasconvincedusthatBook5showsahighlydeveloped
andpolishedstateofcraftsmanshipandrevision;ithassignificantconnections
toandaffinitieswithits“sister”Book11.ThepenultimatebooksoftheIliadic
andOdysseanAeneidsserveashingesthatprovidestructureandfoundationfor
theepic;Books5and11preparethereaderfortheemotionalclimaxesofBooks
6and12.BothbooksserveassomethingofAeneidsinminiature,asmicrocosms
oftheepicthatcomplementandcompleteeachother—indeed,Books5and11
areessentialprolegemonatothefullerexpositionsoftheVirgilianvisionin6
and12.Andthatepicvisionis,perhapsaboveallelse,thestoryofthesuppres-
sionofTrojanmoresinthewakeoftheadventofanewItalythatwillbethe
birthplaceofaRomethatwillberebornunderAugustus.
Thepresentcommentaryisintendedinanimportantsenseforanyonewho
hasaloveforVirgilandasenseofwonderatthemagicofhisverse.Itislongand
dense(andeasilycouldhavebeenlongeranddenser—and,conversely,rather
lessexpansiveandmoreabbreviatedincertainaspects).Itisaimedprimarily
atascholarlyaudiencethathassomefamiliaritywiththepaths(bothpaved
and not) of Virgilian criticism and research, and to graduate and university
students. It is, like all commentaries, highly idiosyncratic, perhaps more so
giventheoccasionallydivergentviewsofthecoeditors—viewsthatmaywell
havecoalescedintoaunityindiversityoverthecourseofitscomposition,a
diversitythatperhapsgentlyreflectsattimesthetoneofthepoet.Thelabelsof
viii preface and acknowledgments
“optimist”and“pessimist”arebothconvenientandusefullyuselessinVirgilian
criticism;thepresentwork,allthesame,mayrepresentsomethingofafusion
ofthetwosimultaneouslyexistentandevanescentperspectives,evenif,onthe
whole,Book5hasproventobedarkerthanoneoftheeditorsmighthavefirst
anticipated.
It is not easy to share the task of producing a commentary on a book of
Virgil,letaloneanewcriticaltextandEnglishprosetranslation.Asweparceled
out the tasks, almost all of the work on the apparatus criticus fell to Smith,
whotraveledextensivelyinEuropeandabitstatesidetostudyinpersonboth
manuscriptsandpapyri.Asapartoftheexerciseofestablishinganewcritical
edition, the first draft of the translation was also his, and the first draft of
the introduction. The vast majority of the work on the commentary fell to
Fratantuono. Yet this division of labor is misleading in that every line of the
entireworkhasbeenrevisedafterthelongandcarefulprocessofexchangeof
draftsandnotesandrevisionsthereof.Thetwoeditors,simplyput,takeshared
responsibilityforallthatappearsherein;thereisnoinstancewherewehave
recordedadisagreement.InthisregardtheEnglishlanguagehaswonderfully
usefuladverbs(“likely”;“perhaps”)thatwehaveemployedliberally.
If there has been inspiration for the present work in the Virgil commen-
tariesthathaveprecededit,firstplacemustgotoNicholasHorsfall.Professor
Horsfall’s work on a pentad (and counting) of books of the Aeneid has been
constantlyathandduringthecompositionofthisvolume,andtohimweowe
adebtofsinceregratitudeforhisachievement.ThecommentariesofRoland
Austin (especially on Books 1 and 2) have also been regularly consulted and
appreciated for their humanity and incisive judgment. Though their contri-
butions are obviously vastly different (and they are so in a variety of ways),
thosequalities—humanityandincisivejudgment—arethesignalfeaturesof
thecontributionsofbothAustinandHorsfall.Ingeneralterms,forusthework
ofproducingalengthycommentaryonabookofVirgilhasinspiredrespectand
appreciationforthelaborsofourpredecessorsandcolleagues;inthepresent
volume,wehavehopedtoconveyastrongsensenotonlyofourloveforVirgil,
butalsoofourgratitudetootherclassicistsfortheeffortstheyhavemadein
explicatinghistextandunravelinghismysteries.
Work on Book 5 could not have proceeded as quickly and with as much
helpful elucidation of Virgiliana absent the wonderful treasure that is the
VirgilEncyclopediaofRichardThomasandJanZiolkowski.Itwasanespecially
welcomeprivilegetohavehadaccesstosomeentriesofthisprojectbeforeit
appearedinprint.
Indeed our debts are many. Peter Arzt-Grabner, Joe Farrell, Jeff Fish, Nico
Knauer,TimJoseph,KarlMaurer,LisaMignone,BlaiseNagy,DamienNelis,Jim
preface and acknowledgments ix
O’Hara, Piergiacomo Petrioli, Gianni Profita, Jay Reed, David Sweet, Richard
Tarrant, Richard Thomas, and Gareth Williams all helped in various ways,
whetherwithawillingnesstoentertainaquestion,withthegenerositytoread
earlydraftsofnotesandintroduction,or,mostimportantly,bytheexampleof
theirownworkonVirgil.ProfessorTarrant’sAPApanelonVirgiliancommen-
tarieswasespeciallyhelpfultoFratantuonointhenascentstagesofthiswork.
IrenevanRossumfirstworkedwiththeauthorsonbringingthisprojectto
Brill;CarolinevonErp,JenniferPavelko,TesselJonquière,andLouiseSchouten
haveshepherdeditthroughtocompletion.Toallfiveweoweadebtofgratitude
fortheirprofessionalguidanceandhelp.Theanonymousrefereeforthepress
mademanymuchappreciatedsuggestionsforimprovement,forwhichweare
indebted.
IngridPierce,formerlyofBaylorandnowatPurdueUniversity,wasalearned
anddelightfulassistantinthecompositionoftheprosetranslationofBook5
thatisincludedinthepresentvolume,andintheeditingofthecommentary.
Ourweekofworkon Aeneid5atBaylorUniversityinlateJuneandearlyJuly
of 2013 was a treasured experience of fellowship. Michael McOsker (now of
Michigan)andCynthiaSusalla(nowofPenn)werekindanddemandingcritics
oftheirundergraduateclassicsprofessor.Inthissameregard,MarissaPopeck
(nowofVermont)renderedsignalassistance.
Smith had the good fortune to offer an advanced Virgil class during the
germination period, as the commentary and text were coming “fresh” out of
the printer.His class is herethanked deeply for their insights,feedback, and
carefulproofreading,toboot.1
WeshouldalsoliketoacknowledgethesupportofProvostCharlesStinemetz
of Ohio Wesleyan University, and the office of Truell Hyde, Vice Provost for
Research at Baylor, through which Smith obtained a research support grant;
inaddition,wewishtothankDeanThomasHibbsofBaylor,forsympathetic
adjustmentstoSmith’sadministrativescheduleandhisunflaggingsupportof
thisproject.
1 Those budding Virgilian scholars are: Hannah Adams, Wesley Beck, Travis Blake, Susan-
nahBrister,KaitlynCarlson,JeffCross,KatieHornell,CaseyHughes,KirstenKappelmann,
EvangelineKoztiza,BrittOusley,GabePederson,MarciePersyn,SarahRussell,ErinRusso,
CatherineSchenck,HillaryShellnut,RachelSmith,ChristineStanulonis,William,Stover,Jar-
rodTunnell,andAshleyWard.OtherstudentswhohelpedwiththisprojectincludeKelsey
Bell,KaraKopchinski,andScottMcMickle.Specialthanksareowed,too,toCharmaineDull
andThelmaMathews.