True Names: Vergil and the Alexandrian Tradition of Etymological WordplayIn ancient thinking about etymology, knowledge of a term's origin meant knowledge of the essential qualities of the person, place, or thing it named. While scholars have long noted Vergil's allusions to etymologies, interest in such wordplay has grown rapidly in recent years and lies at the heart of contemporary scholarship's growing concern with the learned aspects and Alexandrian background of Vergilian poetry. In his new book, James O'Hara has produced a richly annotated, comprehensive collection of examples of etymological wordplay in the Aeneid, Eclogues, and Georgics. An extensive introduction on the etymologizing of Vergil and his poetic forerunners places the poet in historical context and analyzes the form and style of his wordplay. O'Hara also discusses how etymologizing served Vergil's poetic goals, and he explains how the role of word origins in Vergil's poems illuminates the origins and essential characteristics of the Roman people. The etymological catalog quotes each Vergilian passage, then explains the wordplay or possible wordplay, and refers to ancient grammarians and poets who mention similar etymologies. While bibliographical references are provided for most examples, many entries describe examples of wordplay never before noticed. Throughout the catalog, extensive cross-references direct the reader and render consultation easy. |
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... plays upon a possible derivation of the name Philoc- tetes from φίλος ( friend ) and κτάομαι or κτῆμα ( possess ... play on the name Polyneices see Sept. 658 , and the corrupt 576ff . , with Cameron ( 1970 ) 106-7 and Zeitlin ( 1982 ) ...
... plays upon a possible derivation of the name Philoc- tetes from φίλος ( friend ) and κτάομαι or κτῆμα ( possess ... play on the name Polyneices see Sept. 658 , and the corrupt 576ff . , with Cameron ( 1970 ) 106-7 and Zeitlin ( 1982 ) ...
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... plays on words like arduus , altus ( see below ) ; Vergil also shows awareness of the complex history of the word . In Hesiod výpɩTOS is used only at Op . 511 , to modify üλn , probably " forest of countless trees . " Hesiod also has ...
... plays on words like arduus , altus ( see below ) ; Vergil also shows awareness of the complex history of the word . In Hesiod výpɩTOS is used only at Op . 511 , to modify üλn , probably " forest of countless trees . " Hesiod also has ...
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... play on coluber in the same metrical position seven lines earlier . " Cf. on G. 3.418 above . NIC . Ther . 359-60 ... plays on words like altus and arduus , see on 3.271 Neritos ardua . SERV . 474 : AERIAS ALPES : id est Galliam . et ...
... play on coluber in the same metrical position seven lines earlier . " Cf. on G. 3.418 above . NIC . Ther . 359-60 ... plays on words like altus and arduus , see on 3.271 Neritos ardua . SERV . 474 : AERIAS ALPES : id est Galliam . et ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Etymological Thinking and Wordplay before Vergil | 7 |
Typical Features of Vergilian Etymological Wordplay | 57 |
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