Randall T. Ganiban (ed.), Vergil: Aeneid Book 2, Newburyport, MA: Focus Publishing, 2008. 175 pages.
- ISBN 9781585102266.
- $15.95 (pb).
Recension par Beatrice Larosa (Universita della Calabria) dans Bryn Mawr Classical Review (2009-05-42)
Présentation de l'éditeur:
This book is part of a new series that will eventually encompass all twelve books of Virgil's Aeneid in single volumes with newly edited text, notes, and commentary. Books I-VI will be collected into a single volume as will Books VII to XII.
L'auteur:
Randall Ganiban is an associate professor of Classics at Middlebury College in Vermont, where he has taught since 1996. He received his Ph.D. in Classics from Princeton University and his BA in Latin from Yale University. He specializes in Roman epic and is overseeing a series of commentaries on the Aeneid for Focus.
Extrait de la préface:
Aeneid 2 tells the tragic story of Troy's fall and is one of the most powerful books of the entire epic. This volume is an introductory commentary on Aeneid 2 for use at the intermediate level or higher. It provides a generous amount of basic information about grammar and syntax so that students of varying experience will have what they need to translate the Latin. At the same time, it addresses issues of interpretation and style so that students at all levels will have a richer experience of the poem. Finally, it includes extensive bibliographic notes that will help readers pursue areas of special interest.
This commentary takes as its starting point the valuable school edition of Aeneid 2 by T. E. Page (1889), reprinted without vocabulary in his Virgil: Aeneid 1-6 (1894). Page's commentary notes have been pared down, and new and updated material has been included throughout. In addition, the general introduction, appendices on meter and style, and an index of grammatical, stylistic, and metrical items are all new. In adapting Page's vocabulary, I have altered some definitions, and have made various changes in formatting and the presentation of word listings. I have also consulted a wide range of commentaries on the Aeneid; those by Conington, Austin, and Williams have been particularly helpful.
The Latin text of Aeneid 2 used here is that of F. A. Hirtzel (Oxford, 1900) with several changes in punctuation and with the following differences in readings: 69 nunc for me, 349 audentem for audendi, 392 Androgei for Androgeo, 503 tanta for ampla, 616 nimbo for limbo, and 771 furenti for ruenti. This edition places the Latin text and commentary on the same page.
Table des matières:
Preface
Introduction to Vergil's Aeneid
Vergil's lifetime and poetry
Vergil and his predecessors
The Aeneid, Rome, and Augustus
Book 2 within the context of the AeneidStructure and major themes of Aeneid 2
Latin text of Aeneid 2
Appendix A: Vergil's Meter
Appendix B: Stylistic Terms
Works Cited
Vocabulary
Index