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The Pervigilium Veneris - A New Critical Text, Translation and Commentary (Paperback)
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The Pervigilium Veneris - A New Critical Text, Translation and Commentary (Paperback)
Series: Latin Texts
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This study provides a critical edition of the Pervigilium Veneris
with a Latin text, translation and commentary. This late-antique
poem, the 'Vigil of Venus', is of unknown date and authorship. It
exists in four heavily corrupted manuscripts, including the Codex
Salmasianus, as part of a collection of later Latin poetry compiled
around the 6th Century AD. Considerable attention has been paid to
the piece since its first edition in the 16th century, largely on
account of its singularity, mysterious origins and enigmatic final
stanza, in which the poet suddenly bursts into the piece lamenting
his 'lost muse'. Despite this scholarly interest, much work
remained to be done in order to arrive at a more solid text of the
poem and a more complete understanding of its meaning. This new
edition, with detailed commentary notes and a full introduction to
the historical and literary contexts of the poem, furthers our
knowledge by offering new perspectives and analysis, incorporating
existing scholarship and reviving ideas that had previously been
set aside.
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