Boyd - Vergils Aeneid 10 & 12: Pallas & Turnus ; teachers guide

Vergils Aeneid Selected Readings
from Books 1, 2, 4, and 6 by Barbara Weiden Boyd Bolcazy-Carducci Publishers, Inc. Mundelein, Illinois USA General Editor: Bridget Buchholz Contributing Editor: D. Scott Van Horn Cover Design & Typography: Adam Phillip Velez Cover Illustration: Detail from Inside the gate by Thom Kapheim Vergils Aeneid Selected Readings from Books 1, 2, 4, and 6 Barbara Weiden Boyd The selections and notes from Books 1, 2, 4, and 6 are revised from Vergils A ENEID , Books IVI, by Clyde Pharr (Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers, 1998). The Latin text is from P. Vergili Maronis Opera (Oxford, 1969; repr. A. B. B.

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Selections] Vergils Aeneid : selected readings from books 1, 2, 4, and 6 / by Barbara Weiden Boyd. pages. cm. Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 978-0-86516-764-3 (paperback/perfect bound : alkaline paper) -- ISBN 978-0-86516-765-0 (hardbound : alkaline paper) 1. 2. 2.

Latin language--Readers--Poetry. 3. Epic poetry, Latin. 4. Virgil. I.

Boyd, Barbara Weiden, 1952- II. Title. PA6801.A45B69 2012 873.01--dc23 2012001685 Contents This edition of selections from Books 1, 2, 4, and 6 of Vergils Aeneid is aimed primarily at two audiences: high school students preparing for the Advanced Placement Latin examination; and college students reading selections from the Aeneid for the first time in a fourth through sixth semester of college Latin. High school students not preparing for the Advanced Placement examination but prepared to read Vergil should also find this textbook accessible and helpful. The widespread popularity of Clyde Pharrs school edition of the first six books of the Aeneid in their entirety (Vergils Aeneid Books 16 [Lexington, MA: D.C. 1964]; now available from Bolchazy-Carducci) in Latin courses at both of these levels has in recent years been qualified at least a little by the implicit definition of Pharrs ideal reader as someone with little needor tastefor literary subtlety per se in the notes. 1964]; now available from Bolchazy-Carducci) in Latin courses at both of these levels has in recent years been qualified at least a little by the implicit definition of Pharrs ideal reader as someone with little needor tastefor literary subtlety per se in the notes.

At the same time, its user-friendly layout, with text, vocabulary, and notes neatly arranged on the same page, has made it seem sensible to me to emulate the format and particular virtues of Pharrs edition in the preparation of this revision of the AP selections. I shall indicate more precisely under the separate headings below those features of Pharrs textbook I have adapted for use here, as well as those places where I diverge. Pharrs text has survived and thrived among several generations of American readers at least in part because, whatever its particular format and technical characteristics, the original editors devotion to his poet is patent in the books laboriousand usefuldetails. I have aimed to emulate this devotion myself, not so much out of a desire to keep the spirit of Pharr alive (although I confess to some residual fondness for the book, remembering as I do my own first acquaintance with it in high school), but because of the gift I have been given in being taught, enabled, and empowered to read, many times over now, Vergils great poem. I wish for my readers as rewarding an introduction to the Aeneid as I myself once experienced. While it is inevitable that in a book of this sort undetected misprints and occasional opaque comments will survive even the most alert readers eye, clarity and accuracy remain desirable goals.

The preparation of a revised edition gives me the opportunity to extend my thanks to the many readers who have contacted me with their suggestions, observations, and corrections. I offer my gratitude in particular to Katherine Bradley, Margaret Brucia, Darryl Phillips, Ronnie Ancona, Seth Knowles, and Charles Fornara, Jr., primi inter pares, for their attentiveness and scholarly amicitia. They have helped to make this a better book. B ARBARA W EIDEN B OYD Bowdoin College

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Introduction I have provided an entirely new Introduction to Vergil and the Aeneid to replace Pharrs venerable but dated contribution. Writing with the aim of serving the needs of modern teachers and students, I have drawn on many years of teaching and reading Vergil myself. The focus of this essay is primarily literary, locating Vergil and his work in the intellectual and historical matrices of the late Republic and early Principate.

The Introductions narrative is complemented by a timeline of political and literary events and monumental constructions marking significant occasions in Vergils lifetime, and by a brief bibliography of recent general works on the period and our poet. Text The text used here is that printed in R. A. B. Mynors 1969 edition of the Oxford Classical Text of Vergil. I have made a few cosmetic alterations to make this text more congenial to the intermediate or AP Latin student: the initial letters of words beginning a new sentence are printed in the upper case; and third-declension accusative plural nouns ending in -is are here printed as ending in -es.

Orthography In keeping with contemporary usage (as well as with the format followed by Pharr), I have printed consonantal u as v. Consonantal i, however, remains i throughout the text and notes. Thus, the Latin names of the king and queen of the gods appear as Iuppiter and Iuno. Vocabulary Lists An alphabetical list of all vocabulary glossed appears at the end of the text. In determining what vocabulary is to be glossed, I have used Pharrs general Word List as a guide and have not glossed the words on this list. Like Pharr, I have distinguished between glossed and unglossed vocabulary in the text by printing all glossed vocabulary in Roman font, and all unglossed vocabulary in italic.

Macrons The Latin text in the selections from Books 1, 2, 4, and 6 and relevant running vocabulary lists and notes is printed with macrons to indicate long syllables. Students should nonetheless be encouraged to realize that the Romans did not write with macrons (nor do ancient manuscripts generally feature word division, punctuation, or a distinction between upper- and lower-case letters). They should also be encouraged to practice scansion on a text without macrons. Macrons are also included in the alphabetical vocabulary listing at the end of the book, and so provide to teachers and students alike a point of reference. Grammatical Appendix Pharrs grammatical appendix, now available online (www.bolchazy.com/extras/vergilgrammaticalappendix.pdf) remains unchanged, although some readers may find a few of his explanations somewhat dated; other good Latin grammars are available to remedy this situation. The two concluding sections of Pharrs appendix, on the dactylic hexameter and on figures of speech, have been fully revised, and the changes are detailed below.

Dactylic Hexameter In providing a brief description and discussion of Vergilian hexameter, I have updated Pharrs discussion to make it more accessible to contemporary students and teachers. I have also tried to suggest that Vergilian hexameter is not an add-on to the plot, but an essential component in the rich texture of the poetry of the