<< message forwarded by listowner >> Date: Wed, 10 Nov 1999 14:04:38 -0800 From: Gregory Hays <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>These are the notorious verses alleged by Donatus and Servius to have >been removed from the beginning of the Aeneid by its first editors: > > Ille ego qui quondam gracili modulatus auena > carmen, et egressus siluis uicina coegi > ut quamuis auido parerent arua colonis > gratum opus agricolis, at nunc horrentia Martis > >It must be ages since any half-decent critic has believed in them; the >likeliest explanation is that they were written above an author-portrait >in an early manuscript. The standard discussion is R.G. Austin, "Ille ego qui quondam ...", _Classical Quarterly_ n.s. 18 (1968), 107-115; cf. also G.P. Goold, "Servius and the Helen Episode" in S. Harrison, ed. _Oxford Readings in Virgil's Aeneid_, 85ff. (Though agreeing that they're bogus, Goold describes the lines as "stupendous"). ++++++++++++++++++++++ Gregory Hays Dept. of Classics, 401 Cabell Hall University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA 22903 http://members.aol.com/greghays ----------------------------------------------------------------------- To leave the Mantovano mailing list at any time, do NOT hit reply. Instead, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message "unsubscribe mantovano" in the body (omitting the quotation marks). You can also unsubscribe at http://virgil.org/mantovano/mantovano.htm#unsub
