Virgil, Aeneid 11 (Pallas & Camilla), 1–224, 498–521, 532–96, 648–89, 725–835 E-Book

Ingo Gildenhard

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• Kategorie: Gesellschafts- und Liebesromane
• Sprache: Englisch

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2019

Beschreibung

A dead boy (Pallas) and the death of a girl (Camilla) loom over the opening and the closing part of the eleventh book of the Aeneid. Following the savage slaughter in Aeneid 10, the book opens in a mournful mood as the warring parties revisit yesterday’s killing fields to attend to their dead. One casualty in particular commands attention: Aeneas’ protégé Pallas, killed and despoiled by Turnus in the previous book. His death plunges his father Evander and his surrogate father Aeneas into heart-rending despair – and helps set up the foundational act of sacrificial brutality that caps the poem, when Aeneas seeks to avenge Pallas by slaying Turnus in wrathful fury. Turnus’ departure from the living is prefigured by that of his ally Camilla, a maiden schooled in the martial arts, who sets the mold for warrior princesses such as Xena and Wonder Woman. In the final third of Aeneid 11, she wreaks havoc not just on the battlefield but on gender stereotypes and the conventions of the epic genre, before she too succumbs to a premature death. In the portions of the book selected for discussion here, Virgil offers some of his most emotive (and disturbing) meditations on the tragic nature of human existence – but also knows how to lighten the mood with a bit of drag.

This course book offers the original Latin text, vocabulary aids, study questions, and an extensive commentary. Designed to stretch and stimulate readers, Ingo Gildenhard’s volume will be of particular interest to students of Latin studying for A-Level or on undergraduate courses. It extends beyond detailed linguistic analysis to encourage critical engagement with Virgil’s poetry and the most recent scholarly thought.

King's College, Cambridge, has generously contributed to this publication.

Leseprobe

VIRGIL, AENEID 11(Pallas & Camilla)

Virgil, Aeneid 11 (Pallas & Camilla)1–224, 498–521, 532–96,648–89, 725–835

Latin text, study aids with vocabulary, and commentary

Ingo Gildenhard and John Henderson

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© 2018 Ingo Gildenhard and John Henderson

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Contents

Preface and Acknowledgements

x

            

Introduction

1

   

1. Virgil & Homer, or: The Overall Design of the Aeneid (and Book 11’s Place Within It)

3

      

First Impressions Matter

5

      

So Do Last

8

      

And What Happens in-between Matters too

11

   

2. Aeneid 11

13

      

Part I: Pallas

17

      

A Glance at Part II

21

      

Part III: Camilla

22

   

3. Further Themes: Battle, Death, Ethnicity

31

      

Battle

31

      

Death

32

      

Ethnicity

35

      

Extra Information: The Ultimate Deal

38

            

Text

41

            

Commentary

169

            

Camilla

407

            

Bibliography

567

Preface and Acknowledgements

The sections from Aeneid 11 included in the present textbook will serve as two of the set texts for the OCR Latin AS- and A-Level specifications from 2019–2021. The part on Pallas (1–224) forms a unified whole; from the story of Camilla, the prescribed portion only includes significant bits: pieces of her aristeia and the aftermath of the death are not on the Latin syllabus (and are therefore not included in the present commentary), but are of course to be read in English. The recent commentaries on Aeneid 11 by Gransden (1991), Horsfall (2003), and Fratantuono (2009) facilitate engagement with this relatively neglected book of the poem and inform the present volume as well. As in earlier contributions to the Classical Textbook Series from Open Book Publishers, the following pages tend to summarize and cite (at length), rather than just refer to primary sources and pieces of secondary literature: for our primary audience a ‘see e.g.’ or a ‘cf.’ followed by a reference is at best tantalizing, but most likely just irritating. Unless otherwise indicated, translations of Greek and Latin texts are (based on) those in the Loeb Classical Library. Gestures to further readings (in particular in the Introduction) are not entirely absent, however, to render the commentary useful also for readers who have more time on their hands and can get access to scholarly literature, such as students wishing to do an EPQ.

The textbook tries to cater for various backgrounds: it contains detailed explication of grammar and syntax, bearing in mind students who study the text off-syllabus; and it endeavours to convey a flavour of Latin studies at undergraduate level for those who are thinking of pursuing classical studies at university. The commentary also tries to bring into view a feature of Virgil’s poetry that the drive towards lexicalized entries inherent in the genre often overlooks: the overall design — and the ‘building blocks’ — of larger textual units (here often illustrated through different mark-ups). Awareness of Virgil’s ‘Lego-poetics’ should enhance appreciation of his craftsmanship as a literary artist and the ‘architectural’ dimension of his verse- (and world-)making. In addition, we have introduced images alongside relevant texts in the expectation that the visual ‘commentary’ will generate lively intermedial discussion.

The commentary is a joint venture, but it seemed helpful to mark some comments with the siglum JH, to be taken as the equivalent of what educationalists brand with the label S&C (= ‘Stretch & Challenge’). Like the series it belongs to, this volume would have been inconceivable without Open Book Publishers and their customary flexibility and speed, and we are profoundly grateful to Alessandra Tosi and her team.

Aeneid 11 immortalizes two victims of mors immatura, and the book is dedicated to the memory of a colleague whose death too was tragically premature.