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A Source of Vergil, Georg. II. 136–176

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 February 2009

Alexander Haggerty Krappe
Alexander Haggerty Krappe
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University of Minnesota
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Extract

This passage, which is in a way a digression from the main subject of the second book, arboriculture, and stands out from the rest of the poem, is one of the best known of the entire work, chiefly, it would seem, on account of its exquisite beauty, but partly also, no doubt, for the distinctly modern note it strikes; for it can justly be regarded as an early example of a national anthem. As a matter of fact, it has been recognized as such from the dawn of the Renaissance, and Petrarch's famous

Salue cara Deo tellus: sanctissima salue: was directly inspired by Vergil's

Salue, magna parens frugum, Saturnia tellus, Magna uirum.

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Research Article
Information
The Classical Quarterly , Volume 20 , Issue 1 , January 1926 , pp. 42 - 44
Copyright
Copyright © The Classical Association 1926

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References

page 42 note 1 Revue de Philologie, VIII. (1884), p. 145Google Scholar.

page 42 note 2 Hermes, XXVII. (1892), p. 381Google Scholar.

page 42 note 3 ‘Contra quid in Italia utensile non modo non nascitur, sed etiam non egregium fit? quod far conferam Campano? quod triticum Appulo? quod uinum Falerno? quod oleum Venafro? Non arboribus consita Italia est, ut tota pomarium uideatur? An Phrygia magis uitibus cooperta, quam Homerus appellat μπελόεσσαν, quam haec? aut Argos, quod idem poeta πολύπυρον? In qua terra iugerum unum denos et quinos denos culleos fert uini, quot quaedam in Italia regiones?

page 43 note 1 144.… tenent oleae armentaque laeta.

page 44 note 1 Ll. 157–164.

page 44 note 2 Ll. 165–172.