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This page intentionally left blank LANDMARKS OF WORLD LITERATURE Virgil TheAeneid LANDMARKS OF WORLD LITERATURE SecondEditions MurasakiShikibu:TheTaleofGenji–RichardBowring Aeschylus:TheOresteia–SimonGoldhill Virgil:TheAeneid–K.W.Gransden,neweditioneditedby S.J.Harrison Homer:TheOdyssey–JasperGriffin Dante:TheDivineComedy–RobinKirkpatrick Milton:ParadiseLost–DavidLoewenstein Camus:TheStranger–PatrickMcCarthy Joyce:Ulysses–VincentSherry Homer:TheIliad–MichaelSilk Chaucer:TheCanterburyTales–WinthropWetherbee VIRGIL The Aeneid K. W. GRANSDEN† Secondeditionby S.J.Harrison FellowandtutorinClassics,CorpusChristiCollege,Oxford cambridge university press Cambridge, New York, Melbourne, Madrid, Cape Town, Singapore, São Paulo Cambridge University Press The Edinburgh Building, Cambridge cb2 2ru, UK Published in the United States of America by Cambridge University Press, New York www.cambridge.org Information on this title: www.cambridge.org/9780521832137 © Cambridge University Press 1990, 2004 This publication is in copyright. Subject to statutory exception and to the provision of relevant collective licensing agreements, no reproduction of any part may take place without the written permission of Cambridge University Press. First published in print format 2004 isbn-13 978-0-511-16251-0 eBook (Adobe Reader) isbn-10 0-511-16251-0 eBook (Adobe Reader) isbn-13 978-0-521-83213-7 hardback isbn-10 0-521-83213-6 hardback isbn-13 978-0-521-53980-7 paperback isbn-10 0-521-53980-3 paperback Cambridge University Press has no responsibility for the persistence or accuracy of urls for external or third-party internet websites referred to in this publication, and does not guarantee that any content on such websites is, or will remain, accurate or appropriate. Contents Preface pagevii 1 Background 1 1 Virgilinthelightofhistime 1 2 LifeofVirgil 7 3 TheEclogues 10 4 TheGeorgics 15 5 Metricalunityandcontinuity 19 2 VirgilandHomer 23 6 ‘Armsandtheman’ 23 7 TheAeneasLegend 24 8 The‘Odyssean’Aeneid 26 9 The‘Iliadic’Aeneid 30 3 ReadingtheAeneid 34 10 Thetext 34 11 Thestory 36 12 Structure 40 13 Expressionandsensibility 47 14 Narrativetechnique 63 15 Theworldofthedead 71 16 Father-figures 79 17 Juno 83 18 Warandheroism 87 v vi Contents 19 Fateandfreewill 90 20 Conclusions 94 4 Theafter-lifeoftheAeneid 97 21 Influenceandreputation 97 22 VirgilandDante 98 23 Virgilandrenaissanceepic 100 24 Virgilandromanticism 102 Appendix:Principalcharactersofthepoem 104 Guidetofurtherreading 107 RevisedbyS.J.Harrison Preface Aftermorethantwenty-fiveyearsofreading,teachingandwriting abouttheAeneid,Iamconsciousofaconsiderableandnoteasily definablepile-upofdebt.Itisnoteasytodistinguishthehelpand adviceIhavereceivedinrespectofpreviousandforthcomingpub- licationsonVirgilfromthosespecificallysoughtinrelationtothe presentbook;butIamgratefullyawarethatProfessorE.J.Kenney, DrN.HorsfallandthelateR.D.Williamshavehelpedme,inmany waysandovermanyyears,tounderstandVirgilbetter.Imustalso thankDrPeterSternforhiscarefulscrutinybothofanearlydraft ofthisbookandofthefinishedmanuscript.Asforthesecondary literatureontheAeneid,whichisofcourseenormous,Ihavebeen fortunatetoreceive,forthepurposeofreview,manyrecentbookson Virgil,forwhichIamgratefultotheeditorsoftheClassicalReview, TheTimesHigherEducationalSupplementandTheModernLanguage Review. Onemightbedauntedbyallthis,wereitnotthat‘thelastword’ canneverbewrittenaboutagreattextconcernedwiththemeaning of historyandthelifeandsuffering ofhumanity,andIhavetriedin thisbook,whiledrawingfreelyontheresearchesofmypredecessors, todevelopsomeapproachestothepoemwhichIattemptedinan earlierpublication,Virgil’sIliad,andwhichinsomerespectsdiffer fromthetraditionalproceduresofclassicalexegesis. vii
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