Claudian: De Raptu Proserpinae

by Claudian , Edited by J. B. Hall

• ISBN13: 9780521609302
• ISBN10: 0521609305
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-08-26
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

An exhaustive study of Claudian's unfinished mythological epic, with a text, apparatus criticus, and commentary. The long introduction begins with a catalogue of manuscripts; and this leads to an investigation into the manuscript tradition and the history of the poem's transmission. Dr Hall then surveys the most important printed editions of the poem. He examines various theories of dating and discusses the sources of the story. He concludes the introduction with a brief critical assessment of the form and style of the poem. Dr Hall establishes his text after an examination of all the extant manuscripts. The apparatus, though very full, is selective in that it records readings of younger manuscripts only when they offer something new. It also ignores trifling corruptions. The commentary is similarly selective. In general, it discusses everything relevant to the establishing of the text and ignores points of purely mythological and literary interest.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
Introduction	1	(2)
Catalogue of manuscripts	3	(30)
The manuscript tradition	33	(31)
History of the transmission	64	(12)
Editions	76	(17)
Date and circumstances of composition	93	(13)
Sources and style	106	(6)
The apparatus criticus	112	(132)
Text and Critical Apparatus	115	(70)
Commentary	185	(59)
Bibliography	244	(2)
Index Nominum	246	(5)
General Index	251