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A COMPANION TO VERGIL’S AENEID AND ITS TRADITION Edited by Joseph Farrell and Michael C.J. Putnam A John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., Publication 99781405175777_1_pretoc.indd781405175777_1_pretoc.indd iiiiii 22/9/2010/9/2010 111:07:191:07:19 AAMM 99781405175777_6_index.indd781405175777_6_index.indd 556666 22/9/2010/9/2010 111:54:201:54:20 AAMM A COMPANION TO VERGIL’S AENEID AND ITS TRADITION 99781405175777_1_pretoc.indd781405175777_1_pretoc.indd i 22/9/2010/9/2010 111:07:191:07:19 AAMM BLACKWELL COMPANIONS TO THE ANCIENT WORLD This series provides sophisticated and authoritative overviews of periods of ancient history, genres of classical literature, and the most important themes in ancient culture. Each volume comprises between twenty-five and forty concise essays written by individual scholars within their area of specialization. The essays are written in a clear, provocative, and lively manner, designed for an international audience of scholars, students, and general readers. 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If professional advice or other expert assistance is required, the services of a competent professional should be sought. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data A companion to Vergil’s Aeneid and its tradition / edited by Joseph Farrell and Michael C.J. Putnam. p. cm. – (Blackwell companions to the ancient world) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-4051-7577-7 (hardcover: alk. paper) 1. Vergil. Aeneis. 2. Vergil–Appreciation. 3. Epic poetry, Latin–History and criticism. 4. Aeneas (Legendary character) in literature. I. Farrell, Joseph. II. Putnam, Michael C.J. PA6825.C64 2010 873′.01–dc22 2009027225 A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Set in 10/12.5pt Galliard by SPi Publisher Services, Pondicherry, India Printed in Singapore I 2010 9781405175777_1_pretoc.indd iv 2/9/2010 11:07:19 AM Contents Illustrations viii Notes on Contributors x Preface xv Acknowledgments xvi Note on References xvii Introduction 1 Joseph Farrell and Michael C.J. Putnam PART I The Aeneid in Antiquity 11 1 Vergil’s Library 13 Damien P. Nelis 2 On First Looking into Vergil’s Homer 26 Ralph Hexter 3 The Development of the Aeneas Legend 37 Sergio Casali 4 Aeneas’ Sacral Authority 52 Vassiliki Panoussi 5 Vergil’s Roman 66 J.D. Reed 6 Vergil, Ovid, and the Poetry of Exile 80 Michael C.J. Putnam 7 The Unfinished Aeneid? 96 James J. O’Hara 99781405175777_2_toc.indd781405175777_2_toc.indd v 22/18/2010/18/2010 33:21:09:21:09 PPMM vi Contents 8 The Life of Vergil before Donatus 107 Fabio Stok PART II Medieval and Renaissance Receptions 121 9 Vergil and St. Augustine 123 Garry Wills 10 Felix Casus: The Dares and Dictys Legends of Aeneas 133 Sarah Spence 11 Vergil in Dante 147 Rachel Jacoff 12 Marvelous Vergil in the Ferrarese Renaissance 158 Dennis Looney 13 Spenser’s Vergil: The Faerie Queene and the Aeneid 173 Philip Hardie 14 The Aeneid in the Age of Milton 186 Henry Power 15 Practicing What They Preach? Vergil and the Jesuits 203 Yasmin Haskell 16 The Aeneid from the Aztecs to the Dark Virgin: Vergil, Native Tradition, and Latin Poetry in Colonial Mexico from Sahagún’s Memoriales (1563) to Villerías’ Guadalupe (1724) 217 Andrew Laird 17 Vergil and Printed Books, 1500–1800 234 Craig Kallendorf PART III The Aeneid in Music and the Visual Arts 251 18 Vergil and the Pamphili Family in Piazza Navona, Rome 253 Ingrid Rowland 19 Visual and Verbal Translation of Myth: Neptune in Vergil, Rubens, and Dryden 270 Reuben A. Brower 20 The Æneas of Vergil: A Dramatic Performance Presented in the Original Latin by John Ogilby 290 Kristi Eastin 21 Empire and Exile: Vergil in Romantic Art 311 David Blayney Brown 99781405175777_2_toc.indd781405175777_2_toc.indd vvii 22/18/2010/18/2010 33:21:09:21:09 PPMM Contents vii 22 Laocoons 325 Glenn W. Most 23 Vergil in Music 341 William Fitzgerald PART IV The American Aeneid 353 24 Vergil and the Early American Republic 355 Carl J. Richard 25 Why Did American Women Read the Aeneid? 366 Caroline Winterer 26 Vergil in the Black American Experience 376 Michele Valerie Ronnick 27 Vergil and Founding Violence 391 Michèle Lowrie 28 Figuring the Founder: Vergil and the Challenge of Autocracy 404 Joy Connolly PART V Modern Reactions to the Aeneid 419 29 Classic Vergil 421 Kenneth Haynes 30 Vergil’s Detractors 435 Joseph Farrell 31 Mind the Gap: On Foreignizing Translations of the Aeneid 449 Susanna Morton Braund 32 Vergil’s Aeneid and Contemporary Poetry 465 Karl Kirchwey Bibliography 482 Index 531 99781405175777_2_toc.indd781405175777_2_toc.indd vviiii 22/18/2010/18/2010 33:21:09:21:09 PPMM Illustrations Figures 17.1 Le Plat (1807–8, 2.11), Wedding of Dido and Aeneas 238 17.2 Meyen (1616, 161), with marginalia of Rector Hesse 241 17.3 Perrin (1664), title page 242 17.4 Brant (1502, 407v), Death of Turnus 244 17.5 [Vergil] (1586, 221v), beginning of Aen.