Vergil's Aeneid and the Argonautica of Apollonius Rhodius. Arca, 39, Vol. 39.

From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - Cut slightly dirty. Otherwise very good. - Schnitt leicht angeschmutzt. Otherwise very good and clean. - This major study of the Aeneid's indebtedness to the Argonautica of Apollonius Rhodius follows on from G.N. Knauer�s monumental study of Homeric influence on Vergil, Die Aeneis und Homer (1964). But extra levels of complexity are involved. Apollonius himself was engaged in multilevel imitation of Homer, as Nelis demonstrates in considerable detail. A deep understanding of Apollonius' interaction with Homer is essential for the exploration of how Vergil, in full awareness of Apollonius� use of Homer, reworked the Argonautica. Structurally also the Aeneid adapts not only the broad outlines of the Iliad and of the Odyssey, but also and simultaneously that of the Argonautica. A study of the Aeneid in relation to the Argonautica must therefore also be a study of the Argonautica in relation to the Homeric poems; and our understanding of Vergil�s imitation of Homer is profoundly affected by the Apollonian dimension. Contents: VERGIL, APOLLONIUS RHODIUS AND HOMER; THE VOYAGE FROM TROY TO CARTHAGE: Leaving Troy; The Harpies; The Prophecy of Helenus; Scylla and Charybdis; Sicily; Aeneidi and the Argonautica -- THE ARRIVAL AND RECEPTION IN CARTHAGE: Carthage and Colchis; The Landing in Libya; Venus, Jupiter and Mercury; Aeneas� Approach towards Carthage; The Arrival at the Temple; The Dido-Diana Simile; The Reception Scene: Ilioneus, Dido and Aeneas; Venus, Cupid and Dido; Dido, Bitias and lopas; Carthage and Lemnos; Carthage and Phaeacia; Carthage and Libya -- DIDO: Dido and Medea; Hunting Imagery; Anna; Juno and Venus; Coniugium; Fama and Mercury; Dido Abandoned; Departure; Suicide; Narrative Structure and Chronology; Dido and Hypsipyle; Carthage, Phaeacia and the Brygean Isle; -- SICILY: The Flight from Carthage and the Games; The Departure from Sicily: Anchises and Thetis; Sicily and Aeaea: the Departure Scenes; Venus and Hera; The Burning of the Ships; Palinurus, Butes and the Sirens; The Ship Race and the Voyage; Palinurus and Tiphys; Marine Fantasy; -- CUMAE, CAIETA, CIRCE AND THE TIBER: Cumae: The Argonautica and the Odyssean Nekuia; The Katabasis of Aeneas; The Sibyl of Cumae; he Golden Bough; Misenus; Avemus; The Sacrifices; The Sibyl, Charon and Cerberus; The Souls of the Unburied Dead; Caieta; Circe; The Tiber; -- LATIUM: Colchis; Erato; Latinus and Lavinia; he Landing of the Trojans; The Reception Scene: Latinus and Ilioneus; Juno and Allecto; Allecto and Amata; Allecto and Turnus; Allecto and lulus; The Outbreak of Hostilities; Allecto and Juno; Latinus Relinquishes Control; The Catalogue; Lemnos, Phaeacian Drepane; Latium and Phaeacian Drepane; Latium and Lemnos; -- PALLANTEUM: Aeneas and Tiberinus; The Voyage to Pallanteum; Aeneas and Evander; Venus and Vulcan; The Shield of Aeneas; Pallanteum and the Argonautica; -- TURNUS -- VERGIL AND THE APOLLONIAN EXPERIMENT. ISBN 9780905205977