I >Well, if you want to start with something big, there's the problem of the >authenticity of the Helen-episode in Book 2, denounced (by George Goold in >a celebrated article in HSCP) and defended (most recently by Rory Egan in >EMC) with equal vigor. On a smaller scale, I believe that discussions of >some problems involving variant readings are to be found in J.E.G. Zetzel's >"Latin Textual Criticism in Antiquity," and that there is a book by >Sebastiano Timpanaro -- the name, unfortunately, escapes me
_Per la storia della filologia virgiliana antica_ (Quaderni di "Filologia e critica" VI; Rome: Salerno Editrice, [1986]) >-- that deals >with some of them. But rest assured that the literature is substantial. >Unlike most Latin authors, the problems in Virgil's text lie not so much in >the manuscript tradition as in the ancient secondary tradition, with >alternate readings reported in commentaries and in authors like Gellius but >only occasionally represented in the ancient manuscripts, with the evidence >frequently difficult to evaluate. One aspect of that (readings said to have been commended by Probus; whether from MSS or his own conjecture is disputed) is considered by Maria Luisa Delvigo, _Testo virgiliano e tradizione indiretta. Le varianti probiane_ (Biblioteca di _Materiali e discussioni per l'analisi dei test classici, 5; Pisa, Giardini, 1987). Leofranc Holford-Strevens *_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_* Leofranc Holford-Strevens 67 St Bernard's Road usque adeone Oxford scire MEVM nihil est, nisi ME scire hoc sciat alter? OX2 6EJ tel. +44 (0)1865 552808(home)/267865(work) fax +44 (0)1865 512237 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (home) [EMAIL PROTECTED] (work) *_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_* ----------------------------------------------------------------------- To leave the Mantovano mailing list at any time, do NOT hit reply. Instead, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message "unsubscribe mantovano" in the body (omitting the quotation marks). You can also unsubscribe at http://virgil.org/mantovano/mantovano.htm#unsub
