Vergiliana

Egil Kraggerud is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Philosophy, History of Art, and Ideas at the University of Oslo, Norway. He has published extensively on Vergil, and has translated works by Vergil, Aeschylus, and Euripides, among others.

"In this book Professor Kraggerud distils a lifetime’s learning and reflection on the textual criticism of Virgil. He discusses some hundred textual problems. Against those textual critics who insist on the received text he proposes conjectures, and argues for forty-four emendations on literary as well as palaeographical grounds. Scholars interested in the text of Virgil will want to own a copy and consider Professor Kraggerud’s suggestions."- Fiachra Mac Góráin, University College London, UK"This is a bold book, full of wisdom and critical sharpness, and deserves to be read carefully not only by editors and commentators, but by all serious students of Vergil." - S. J. Heyworth, University of Oxford, UK, Bryn Mawr Classical Review, 2017"It makes a valuable contribution to the reconstruction of several dozen passages in Vergil, as a result of which it will be obligatory reading for all future editors and commentators, and it can safely be recommended to anyone interested in these parts of the text." - Daniel Kiss, Universitat de Barcelona & Eotvos Lorand Tudomanyegyetem, Exemplaria Classica, 2017"The greatest merit of Kraggerud's work is to remind us that what we read in Virgil's editions is in no way a definitive text, but despite its relative stability there are still many points that are open to discussion and partly unresolved, but also possible hidden corruptions that may have escaped generations of readers and still require healing. For these reasons, as well as for the wealth and accuracy of the data made available, the present work will certainly have to be carefully considered by every future publisher of Virgil."- Emanuele Berti, Rivista di Filologia e di Istruzione Classica 145, 2017"Despite the uncertainty that will continue to characterize many of Virgil's textual problems, the importance of the c

• Introduction BucolicaEcl. 1. 69 post aliquot aristasA disputed phrase in its contextEcl. 2. 32 A god’s titlePan the great innovator and modelEcl. 3. 62 A conjunction at stakeTheocr. 5. 82 in the balanceEcl. 4. 8 One child initiating a new ageA letter added can make a big differenceEcl. 4. 28-9 Lines sharing words between themEmphasis achieved by artistryEcl. 4. 62-3 The nature of a baby’s smileA Dutch scholar vindicated Ecl. 5. 3 Why don’t we sit down? in LatinWhat Vergil chose to writeEcl. 5. 8 Indicative or subjunctive?In favour of PEcl. 5. 38 The gender of narcissusOur debt to an ancient grammarianEcl. 5. 66 Altars for DaphnisSorting out syntactical orderEcl. 6. 1-12. On the genesis of Vergil’s earliest poetryCall. Aet. 1. 21-4 and Theocr. 16 as inspirationEcl. 6. 16 Silenus’ hangoverThe troublesome adverbial ‘cluster’ procul tantum Ecl. 6. 24 The commonest of verbs ousted by a hapax?Peerlkamp’s brilliant pointEcl. 6. 34 A dilemma in PElided omnia in Vergil?Ecl. 6. 74-81 A praeteritio to fill the dayThe illustrative effect of complicated syntaxEcl. 7. 5 Equal and well-prepared singersA misleading first impression of their qualitiesEcl. 7. 29-32 Corydon’s promise to DianaVariation on