Vol. 31 No. 2 (2025)
Articles

A Critical Note on Servius’ Commentary on Verg. Aen. 6. 1–2

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  • Philip Boserup-Lemire
Philip Boserup-Lemire
University of St Andrews

Published 2026-04-26

Keywords

  • Servius,
  • textual criticism,
  • Vergil
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How to Cite

Boserup-Lemire, P. (2026). A Critical Note on Servius’ Commentary on Verg. Aen. 6. 1–2. Hyperboreus, 31(2), 249-251. https://doi.org/10.36950/hyperboreus.v31p2a05

Abstract

This note suggests that, in defending Tucca and Varius’ relocation of Aen. 6. 1–2 from the end of the fifth book to their current position, Servius did not originally cite the Homeric ὣς φάτο δάκρυ χέων (Il. 1. 357 and Od. 24. 438) but simply ῾Ώς ἔφαθ᾽, as a reference to the opening of Od. 13.

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