The Last Poems of Ovid

Chapter 29

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_eques_: Ovid's status as a member of the equestrian order, 263

_Ex Ponto_ IV a work entirely separate from _EP_ I-III; its structure, 4-5

_Ex Ponto_ vs. _De Ponto_: correct title of the collection, 145

_excidit_ = 'I forgot', 205

_excutere_ = 'examine', 263

Fabius Maximus, 7

_facie_ dative singular of _facies_, 343

_fueram_ equivalent to imperfect, 230

Gallio, 7, 19-20

_Gete_ ablative singular of _Getes_, 195-196

Giants' rebellion, Ovid's unfinished poem about, 272-273

_Gracchus_ vs. _Graccus_, 461

Graecinus, 6-7, 16, 286

_Graius_ vs. _Graecus_, 425

_gratari_ used by the poets in place of the metrically difficult _gratulari_, 399

Harles, Theophilus edition of 1772; his discovery of manuscript _B_ of the _Ex Ponto_, 39

Heinsius, Nicolaus central role in the history of Ovid's text, 37-38 controversial emendations, 41 difficulty in determining preferred readings of, 42-43

Herodotus, Ovid's knowledge of, 190, 271

hexameter endings, monosyllabic, 175-176, 323

hexameter, fourth foot use of spondees, 150-151

_hiemps_, spelling of, 339-40

history of this edition, iv-vii

Iazyges Sarmatae (Pontic tribe), 246-47

indices, rationale for the two, vii-viii

indirect questions Ovid's preference for subjunctive vs. indicative, 391-92 Propertius' indifference to subjunctive vs. indicative, 392-93

_ingenium loci_ = 'difficulty of its terrain', 251

intended audience of this edition, ii

_is_ vs. _hic_, _ille_, and _iste_, 319

Junius Gallio, 359-60

Korn, Otto discovery of manuscript _C_, 45 edition of 1868: use of manuscript _B_; attitude towards Heinsius, 40-42

_lapsus_ and _lassus_ common variant readings, 383-84

law, Ovid's expertise in, 434-35

Lenz (Levy), F. edition of 1922, 48-49 edition of 1938, 49-50

levels of diction within _Ex Ponto_ IV, 11-12

Luck, G. edition of 1963, 50-51

manuscripts of _Ex Ponto_ IV, 23-34 Antuerpiensis Musei Plantiniani Denucé 68 (_M_), 28-30 fragmentum Guelferbytanum, Cod. Guelf. 13.11 Aug. 4° (_G_), 23-24 Francofurtanus Barth 110 (_F_), 30-31 Hamburgensis scrin. 52 F (_A_), 23 Holkhamicus 322 (_H_), 31 Laurentianus 36 32 (_I_), 32 Lipsiensis bibl. ciu. Rep. I 2° 7 (_L_), 32 Monacensis latinus 384 (_B_), 25-28 Monacensis latinus 19476 (_C_), 25-28 Parisinus lat. 7993 (_P_), 33 Turonensis 879 (_T_), 32-33 vulgate manuscripts (_MFHILT_), 28-29

_mare_ (ablative singular), 242

Merkel, Rudolf edition of 1853, 40 edition of 1884, 45

Morrow, Rob, x

_munus opusque_ = 'creation', 160

_murmur_, 406

nature of this edition, vii

Némethy, Geza commentary of 1915, 48

_neque_ = _sed ... non_, 203

_neque_ before vowel, vs. _nec_, 203

_niger_ as a moral quality, 423-24

_nihil_ vs. _nil_, 262

Nireus' handsomeness as a commonplace, 397

numbers higher than _novem_, Roman poets' avoidance of usual names for, 288

_Numida_ masculine substantive and adjective, 294-95

_obliquus_ = 'swirling', 335

opportunity presented by the _Ex Ponto_ to future editors and commentators, iii

Ovid's attitude towards his wife, 9

Ovid's life and literary production in exile, 1-4

Owen, S. G. edition of 1894, 45 edition of 1915, 46-47

_penna_ vs. _pinna_, 28, 203

pentameter endings trisyllabic, 294 quadrisyllabic, 164-166 pentasyllabic, 181-182

perfect subjunctive vs. future perfect indicative forms, 215

polyptoton, Ovid's use of, 278, 378

_potior_ = 'more important', 301

_principes viri_, 268

prose words in _EP_ IV, 12

_qui_ used for _quis_ ("_qui sit_"), 178-179

_quod_ = 'granted that', 337-338

_quoque magis_, 293

reasons why the text in this edition differs from that of earlier editors, iii

_res lassae (fessae)_, 383-84

Riese, Alexander independence of judgment in 1874 edition, 44

Severus, 18-19

Sextus Pompeius, 6, 146 poems addressed to, 12-14

simple verbs used for compound ones, 281

Suillius (P. Suillius Rufus), 260 poem addressed to (viii), 14-15

_summotum_ vs. _submotum_, 468

_suscensere_ vs. _succensere_, 415

syllepsis, Ovid's use of, 234

_ter quarter_ = 'infinitely', 296

Thersites' ugliness as a commonplace, 396

third declension accusative plural endings: _-es_ vs. _-is_, 27-28

titles of the individual poems, 34

Tuticanus, 8, 17-18

Ulysses' voyage a favourite topic of the Roman poets, 330-31

_ut in populo_ = 'in the crowd', 216

Vestalis, 8, 21, 244

_viderit_ = 'let him look to himself', 151-152

Virgil, _Aen_ I 608, Ovid's interpretation of, 321

Weber, W. E. _Corpus Poetarum Latinorum_ (1833); attitude towards Heinsius, 39-40

Wheeler, A. L. text and translation (1924), 49

Williams, W. H. commentary (1881): focus on Indo-European philology, 44

INDEX OF TEXTUAL EMENDATIONS

_This is an index to those textual emendations first appearing in this edition. Where a critic's name is not supplied, the emendation was proposed by the Editor._

Germanicus _Aratea_ 26: 343

Horace _Carm_ III xiv 19: 306

Mela II 7: 349

Ovid, _Heroides_ IX 101: 233

Ovid, _Ars Amatoria_ III 803-04 (R. J. Tarrant): 398

Ovid, _Metamorphoses_ VI 233: 306 IX 711: 233 XI 493: 386 XIV 233: 335

Ovid, _Fasti_ V 580: 196

Ovid, _Tristia_ III vi 7: 303, 421 III x 38: 246

Ovid, _Ex Ponto_ II v 15-16: 293 III iv 58: 284-85 IV i 16 (J. N. Grant): 57 IV i 21: 57, 154 IV ii 17 (A. Dalzell): 60, 168 IV ii 17 (R. J. Tarrant): 60, 168 IV iii 32: 65, 187-188 IV iii 50 (R. J. Tarrant): 67, 195 IV iv 34: 70 IV vi 15: 77, 231-32 IV vi 15 (J. N. Grant): 77, 232 IV vi 34 (R. J. Tarrant): 78, 239 IV vi 38: 78, 240-241 IV vi 38 (D. R. Shackleton Bailey): 78, 241 IV viii 16: 87, 263 IV viii 60: 90, 275 IV viii 71 (R. J. Tarrant): 91, 279 IV ix 41: 96, 298 IV ix 59-60: 97, 303 IV ix 73: 98, 306 IV ix 103 (R. J. Tarrant): 101, 315-16 IV ix 113: 102, 318 IV ix 115-16 (R. J. Tarrant): 102, 318 IV ix 133-34: 104, 322-23 IV ix 134 (C. P. Jones): 104, 323 IV x 76: 112, 355-56 IV xi 15: 114, 365 IV xii 13 (R. J. Tarrant): 116, 375 IV xii 50: 119, 387-88 IV xiii 31-32 (punctuation): 122 IV xiii 45: 123, 408 IV xiv 6: 125, 412 IV xiv 23: 127 IV xiv 33: 128 IV xv 2: 131 IV xv 25-26: 133, 438 IV xv 34 (R. J. Tarrant): 134, 440-41 IV xv 34: 134, 440-41 IV xv 42: 135 IV xvi 3: 136, 448-49 IV xvi 35 (C. P. Jones): 141, 463-64 IV xvi 39 (punctuation): 141, 464 IV xvi 51-52: 142, 469-70

Pliny the Elder _NH_ XXXIV 34 (R. J. Tarrant): 419

Porphyrion on Hor. _Sat_ I v 87: 372

Propertius III xiv 14: 350

Suetonius _Tiberius_ 18: 299

Tacitus _Ann_ II 66: 308