Virgil: Aeneid Book VIII (Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics)

216 Pages·1976·25.5 MB·English

by  Virgil

A E N E I D
BOOKYIII
EDITED BY K.W. GRANSDEN
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CAMBRIDGE GREEK AND LATIN CLASSICS
GENERAL EDrroRS
P. E. EASTERLING
RegillJ Pro/nsor ofGrul:. Unl<'usiryojCQmbridg'
PHILIP HAlIDlE
Rtoo,. in wII" UIUOlll.t. U"j<'trJiry of Cambriag. .
RICHARD HUNTER
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E. J. KENNEY
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VIRGIL
AENEID
BOOK VIII
EDITED BY
K. W. GRANSDEN
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(i) Virp'umuffIMf4Sl
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P. V •• OILI MAROHlt A&HllltlOI LI ••• OCTAVVI
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PREFACE
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It .. pe-hapo ....." .... thai A •• VIlIIbouJd
_~ received~­
puativdy tilde individ. ...... critical attention.. K.Iinpet eaIkd book
VIII the molt Vuaili&n book of"tht: poem. II an certaWy claim 10 be
the moll varied. and a,tradive, conu.iniJlc at it doea the maanilicc.nly
loid .tcH'y 0( Hercule. and Cae. ... and the inc:ompvabk • walk round
smt
tht: site of" Rome'; whiu: in the da';'ne ecphrasit VirJil .e..eab
the purJXIIe and intention of the ~ _ fully than hedoea in any
other book attpt perhapo the .ath and twdftb. The litavy in
fll.Im« ofboolt VIII hat hem c:ona>ckrabIe (thoqb Ie. than aha, of
book IV). Nowhere else in the poem doet Vircil ranee .0 freely
m.«>ry.
thl"OUlh nliaioo, mytholocy and lopoa.apby. Th.iI will be
evident from the j>qQ which I'ollow, at abo will be the lise ol my
cmeral debt to my prcd« :>no
m. ..t
Warde Fowler', ..t-... ., 1M R.- dia<'>,.d only Klectcd
P"'CU. tbouch with .. bumane leam.illl and inai&hl which ......· ;n
exemplary. A IUt with brief _ by Mile Gui1 ...... i ......; E7 .J in
n.
193~; more recently. Berth.. TiUy'. I""''' P.JlaJ took telected
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p.n,,..,. from boob VUllO XII. Bindtt'• .fer" _ ... it not
an edition. bul an exhaultiv.: p.udy hiltorieaJ. COIIlIMrIW'y on Cft'tain
teCliON of book VIII. My own work hat '-rI 8fUtly bdped by !he
recent editioN ofinclividual booI,. by Prokaon A",tiD and Williams.
Nonien on VI mnallU indiap ' IKe: I have abo UKd Conway OD I.
A ........ c:omplece c:onunmtarim the mo.! _I, thai of Williaml,
aPr red only when my work _ vimaaUy compkte. Hmty jHOyj J«I
,u 1M""') .. few brilliant insiahll amid much wh.ieh 7 II. dull and
ineievanL Only OIIe U'aNlation it h:kned 10, aad Wt it Dryden'• .
h bat ",ve fau.lto : Ikyda> _ the fint 10 admit Wt hia __
r I" 7' ·" -.liut V.,";" (Wonlaworthin a letter IOScotI, 7 November
,80.5, uuly olin ...e d Wt DryrJ-p 'bat neither a tavkr heart a
ftOI"
iofl:y n=oe ofmooal di,ruly'). Nevertbde., it remai.nI, with ill potl.
Miltoni<; enulT aad drive. 1he only En,1ith vusion wh.ich CIUI lay
1\,. -
ftowerinc Enaland"
claim 10 dulic , .. the full of renal.ance
tJuouch
CIIltivatloa of Virwil nearly two cmcurie..
aincle
Amonl the _y _)'I and. lM:>b 011 Viz(i.I, I woWd OUt
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Yiii PREY ACE
F. W. H. Myen'! 'VirtU', Norden'• • Verp. Aeneil im Lichte ihrer
Zeit', Ikcw'. ",OILceri", mKi.,. 11w .JUt-q.JUw'NMW, Campo'.1_
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• 6- and the important in auch difFerml _ya, ofKo"'fI" and
Lua:li'.
P6vbl, On the ~,.pby, monumennt'a..l , 1_1iM tm. Ii Ild: 2'
A.Ii". proved ~uablc. while Oailvic'. C. lMJ 1-5 p""
Mucb'lleec!ef bdp with early R.oman hillary. The ........ men·
!lie
tiorIed ben: CODftitUie lIIlIy .. tqiruWIc, but DO one who iI acquaiPted
Ik
with them quite iIJ>MaD1 of what ill involvai in wcwkiq 011
<;an
p rJ,.,..1'-1
VirJil. _ ti.ilis/_lu:. 14",", ..
II remaino to~edlC"""" 0(. man: pea,.,... .... kind. Prer tN"
R. D. Williartil ~ throu(b the draft of my Introductioa and made
.. number oC v&laaWc luae.tioov and eoc,ccted many erron, Ibu eby
compoundina: ~ debt I already oo.w: him lOr hit editioft of book III.
0.. N. M. HonCalI read lhtout;h the manuoaipt of the Commentary
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and of tbe Inutil, luctioo, P>*Ic many eoc, and pve me much
ocbolariy and ~, phical ink>rmation whieh 1 would otberwiIe
,
haY<: mi= ' d Help on pwtiaalat pi"OOl ..... came from Prot. ...
A. A. Lone: ~ the edilOn 01 the 1M: at 'V5F' '·'"Uf. The
DireclOl" and ~, of the Britirh School a' Rome mwlc the
RItOIl«et of the Rome room freely available to me. II> thil c:onneo;tioa
I r.bouJd like I expi my t/!.nb to the Faculty Board cia' Fa
debe Vnivenir, ofCambridt:e for • ,rani -.rdI that viRt to Rome
wbiclt. aloo ena~ me to rd'rah my memoria 01 the tiJtM4'.pby.
I m\ll' -*' th,in k the Ddeptet of the Clarendon P, and SU
of..
R.tI(cr Mynon AIr Jk",·i . • 10 reprinllhe latter'. te,lI ,."VIII
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and 10 dire" that text ia. few pi_lilted in the Note oa the
Tat. FiaalIy. ~ . ,peri.1 debe of ptitude 10 PIC' K .... ....,..
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bod> lOr the a ...p Ie of hit ofLuocmiIif III in!hit.ma.
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and abo b hiafuMmtin( advice, bdp _ ~ ~ C'\uy
-tate of thit ekdtL.:ib:X. W itbwt biI wpport, ;1 woWd pe'u bavc beCII
undert· ...... fingb.... He _ Mn P. E. EutcrliDc have
..W id me fiva:I UIO" cbaa I eaR 10 r' 11M Illbe!'.
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