The Classical Commentary: Histories, Practices, Theory

THE CLASSICAL COMMENTARY: HISTORIES, PRACTICES, THEORY......Page 4
CONTENTS......Page 8
Editors\' Preface......Page 10
List of Contributors......Page 16
Further Reading......Page 20
I......Page 24
II. Readers and/as Authors......Page 30
III. Segmentation......Page 33
IV. \"Only be sure always to call it, please, research\"......Page 39
V. A Net of Parallels; Or, the Reader\'s Response-ability......Page 43
VI. To Infinity and Beyond......Page 46
Works Cited......Page 47
2. Stephanie West: Starting from the Telemachy......Page 52
Works Cited......Page 69
Introduction. The Traditional Format of Homeric Commentaries......Page 72
The Oxford Odyssey Commentary......Page 75
A Narratological Commentary: The Principles......Page 78
Problems......Page 85
Conclusion......Page 87
Works Cited......Page 88
4. Susan Stephens: Commenting on Fragments......Page 90
Works Cited......Page 110
I. Authenticity and its Consequences......Page 112
II. [Theocritus] 23......Page 122
III......Page 128
Works Cited......Page 130
I. \"A woman does not become ambidextrous\"......Page 132
II. Contexts......Page 147
Works Cited......Page 159
7. Felix Budelmann: Classical Commentary in Byzantium: John Tzetzes on Ancient Greek Literature......Page 164
1. Physical Appearance......Page 166
2. Authorial Presence......Page 171
3. Atomization......Page 176
4. The Text as Starting-Point......Page 180
5. Conclusion: Tzetzes in his Context......Page 184
Works Cited......Page 190
8. Andrew Laird: Juan Luis de La Cerda and the Predicament of Commentary......Page 194
I. The Commentary from Renaissance to Modern Scholarship......Page 195
II. La Cerda\'s Life and Works......Page 197
III. The Virgil Commentary......Page 198
IV. Principles and Methods in the Commentary......Page 201
V. La Cerda\'s Practice of Commentary: Observations on Aeneid 6......Page 207
VI. La Cerda and the Boundaries of Commentary......Page 210
VII. Resuscitating the Dead Art of Commentary......Page 218
Works Cited......Page 223
9. John Henderson: The Way We Were: R. G. Austin, In Caelianam......Page 228
Works Cited......Page 256
I. Introduction......Page 258
II. Nineteenth-Century Education, in Germany and Elsewhere......Page 259
III. School Editions of the Anabasis......Page 260
IV. Cultural Differences......Page 269
V. \'Fiir den Schulgebrauch\'—Or is There More to It?......Page 270
VI. Xenophon, Anabasis 1.1.1-4: What are the Problems?......Page 274
VII. Conclusion......Page 286
Appendix: Krüger on Δαρείου καὶ Παρυσάτιδος......Page 287
Works Cited......Page 290
Introduction: Some Problems......Page 292
A Case-Study: Tacitus Histories 2.93......Page 302
Historical Commentary......Page 304
Historiographical Commentary......Page 306
Works Cited......Page 315
12. Christopher Rowe: Handling a Philosophical Text......Page 318
Works Cited......Page 339
13. Andrew R. Dyck: Text and Commentary: The Example of Cicero\'s Philosophica......Page 342
Works Cited......Page 350
14. Roy K. Gibson: \'Cf. e.g.\': A Typology of \'Parallels\' and the Role of Commentaries on Latin Poetry......Page 354
1. Parallels: A Typology......Page 356
2. Parallels: Further Issues......Page 370
Conclusion......Page 378
Works Cited......Page 379
1. Introduction......Page 382
2. Mechanical essentials......Page 385
3. Ontology......Page 388
4. Modeling......Page 393
5. Devolution......Page 395
6. Library......Page 397
7. System-wide effects......Page 401
8. Imagination......Page 407
9. Collaboration......Page 411
10. The rough ground......Page 413
11. Conclusion......Page 418
Works Cited......Page 420
16. Elaine Fantham: Commenting on Commentaries: A Pragmatic Postscript......Page 426
Learning from One\'s Own Commentaries......Page 430
The Future of Commentaries and the Commentaries of the Future......Page 440
Works Cited......Page 442
Index......Page 446
Back Matter......Page 452