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In Ancient Thinking About Etymology, Knowledge Of A Term's Origin Meant Knowledge Of The Essential Qualities Of The Person, Place, Or Thing It Named. While Scholars Have Long Noted Vergil's Allusions To Etymologies, Interest In Such Wordplay Has Grown Rapidly In Recent Years And Lies At The Heart Of Contemporary Scholarship's Growing Concern With The Learned Aspects And Alexandrian Background Of Vergilian Poetry. In His New Book, James O'hara Has Produced A Richly Annotated, Comprehensive Collection Of Examples Of Etymological Wordplay In The Aeneid, Eclogues, And Georgics. An Extensive Introduction On The Etymologizing Of Vergil And His Poetic Forerunners Places The Poet In Historical Context And Analyzes The Form And Style Of His Wordplay. O'hara Also Discusses How Etymologizing Served Vergil's Poetic Goals, And He Explains How The Role Of Word Origins In Vergil's Poems Illuminates The Origins And Essential Characteristics Of The Roman People. The Etymological Catalog Quotes Each Vergilian Passage, Then Explains The Wordplay Or Possible Wordplay, And Refers To Ancient Grammarians And Poets Who Mention Similar Etymologies. While Bibliographical References Are Provided For Most Exa

Author

O'Hara, James J., 1959-

Publisher

University of Michigan Press; Univ of Michigan Pr

Published

1996

Language

EN

ISBN

9780472106608

Subjects

Literary Fiction, History, Language Learning