Serviani in Vergili Aeneidos libros IX-XII commentarii (Special Publications of the Society for Classical Studies, number 1, vol. V)

The First New Addition To The Harvard Servius To Appear In Over Fifty Years, This Edition Of The 'servian Commentaries' On Aeneid 9-12 Is Superior To All Previous Editions Of Servius In The Constitution And Layout Of Its Text, Its Accurate And Thorough Critical Apparatuses, And Its Rich Collection Of Testimonia. Edited By Charles E. Murgia ; Completed And Prepared For Publication By Robert A. Kaster. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes. The Servian commentaries on Vergil are doubly distinguished: they are among the very few ancient commentaries on classical Latin texts to survive essentially intact; and they exist in two radically different forms-the original commentary created by the grammarian Servius early in the fifth century, emphasizing grammar and syntax, and an augmented version produced in the seventh century when a reader blended his Servius with much other recherché ancient lore.In the 1920s, the medievalist Edward Kennard Rand undertook to produce a truly modern edition that would fully reveal for the first time the character of the commentaries' two versions. All did not go smoothly, however: a volume devoted to Aeneid 1-2 appeared in 1946, and another, with the commentaries on Aeneid 3-5, in 1965; this edition of the commentaries on Aeneid 9-12 is the first new contribution to the series to appear in more than fifty years. On his death in 2013, Charles E. Murgia left publishable versions of the text, upper and lower critical apparatuses, and large parts of the introduction, and he had gathered most of the data for a testimonial apparatus. Robert A. Kaster completed the work on the testimonia and introduction (using some of Murgia's other writings to supplement the latter), added some subsidiary elements, and prepared the whole for publication. Thanks primarily to Murgia's work, this edition is superior to its predecessors in the series, and to all other editions of Servius, in every respect. The Servian commentaries on Vergil are doubly distinguished: they are among the very few ancient commentaries on classical Latin texts to survive essentially intact; and they exist in two radically different forms-the original commentary created by the grammarian Servius early in the fifth century, emphasizing grammar and syntax, and an augmented version produced in the seventh century when a reader blended his Servius with much other recherché ancient lore. In the 1920s, the medievalist Edward Kennard Rand undertook to produce a truly modern edition that would fully reveal for the first time the character of the commentaries' two versions. All did not go smoothly, however: a volume devoted to Aeneid 1-2 appeared in 1946, and another, with the commentaries on Aeneid 3-5, in 1965; this edition of the commentaries on Aeneid 9-12 is the first new contribution to the series to appear in more than fifty years. On his death in 2013, Charles E. Murgia left publishable versions of the text, upper and lower critical apparatuses, and large parts of the introduction, and he had gathered most of the data for a testimonial apparatus. Robert A. Kaster completed the work on the testimonia and introduction (using some of Murgia's other writings to supplement the latter), added some subsidiary elements, and prepared the whole for publication. Thanks primarily to Murgia's work, this edition is superior to its predecessors in the series, and to all other editions of Servius, in every respect. Cover 1 Serviani in Vergili Aeneidos libros IX-XII commentarii 4 Copyright 5 Table of Contents 6 Foreword 8 Testimonial apparatus 8 Preface 9 Peripheral pieces 9 Preface 12 The Manuscripts 12 DS (Servius Auctus) 17 Σ (Servius) = ΔΓ 18 Presentation of the Text 21 Orthography 29 Assimilation 32 Apparatus Criticus Superior 34 Apparatus Criticus Inferior 35 Bibliography 40 Editions Cited in the Critical Apparatus 40 Works Cited 40 Abbreviations 44 Authors and Works 46 SIGLA 76 SERVIANI IN VERGILI AENEIDOS LIBRVM NONVM COMMENTARII 80 SERVIANI IN VERGILI AENEIDOS LIBRVM DECIMVM COMMENTARII 188 SERVIANI IN VERGILI AENEIDOS LIBRVM VNDECIMVM COMMENTARII 331 SERVIANI IN VERGILI AENEIDOS LIBRVM DVODECIMVM COMMENTARII 480 APPENDIX A: SCHOLIA ADESPOTA CODICVM Tv 592 APPENDIX B: ON RAMIRES’ FAMILY α 597 Index Locorum 602 Index Nominum 618