First pages only of the offprint of “Triumphati magis quam victi? Ways to Respond to Lying and Exaggeration in Aeneid 8 and on the Shield of Aeneas,” MD 89.2 (2022) 67-111; the journal’s rules allow me to share only the typescript and the first pages of the offprint. (original) (raw)
Note: these are the first pages only of the offprint of my paper that appears in MD 89.2 (2022) 67-11; the journal’s rules allow me to share only the typescript and the first pages of the offprint.
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James J. O’Hara
Triumphati magis quam uicti? Ways to respond to lying and exaggeration in Aeneid 8 and on the shield of Aeneas*
Abstract ⋅\cdot This paper discusses possible responses to deception and exaggeration in Aeneid 8, especially in the description of the shield of Aeneas that closes the book, and so it is a supplement to my 1990 book on prophecy in the Aeneid. It discusses statements made by ambassadors or Aeneas acting in that role; what the rivergod Tiberinus says to Aeneas about the anger of the gods; Evander’s odd and perhaps untrustworthy stories about Hercules and Cacus and other Herculean myths, Mezentius, a guest named Argus, and his own history; and at more length the scenes on the Shield of Aeneas, especially the descriptions of the battle of Actium, and of Augustus’ triumph. For the shield I discuss the association of the shield with the uates (both prophets and poets); the question of whether Ascanius or Silvius Postumus will be the ancestor of the Julians; the two different explanations of the name Lupercal in book 8; the allusions to the Gauls taking the Capitol, and to the downfall of Manlius; who fought at Actium and who is mentioned on the shield despite not being at Actium; whether Antony had been a uictor in the East; the mention of Discordia as an allusion to civil war; the odd setting of the triumph of Augustus on the Palatine; the uictae gentes who were not actually uictae and come from a much wider geographic scope than the peoples actually defeated; and the references to the Euphrates and the Araxes. The lying and exaggeration earlier in book 8 , some of which involve the difference between statements made by the narrator and statements made by characters, provide a new context for the problems on the shield; all of the deception can be looked at in several ways: as appropriate hyperbole, as typical poetic exaggeration or use of incompatible variants, as unreliable history, as excessive exaggeration and inconsistency that undercuts the
- jimohara@unc.edu ⋅\cdot University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, United States of America
- Versions of this paper have been given to audiences at New York University; the University of Richmond; the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; the Vergilian Society’s Symposium Cumanum; Wake Forest University; Middlebury College; Yale University; Baylor University; Indiana University; the University of Massachusetts, Amherst; and Xavier University, where I received many helpful comments and suggestions. I am also grateful to both anonymous referees at «MD».
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- Versions of this paper have been given to audiences at New York University; the University of Richmond; the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; the Vergilian Society’s Symposium Cumanum; Wake Forest University; Middlebury College; Yale University; Baylor University; Indiana University; the University of Massachusetts, Amherst; and Xavier University, where I received many helpful comments and suggestions. I am also grateful to both anonymous referees at «MD».
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