What is it about?
In this article, I argue that Vergil’s vatic announcement maius opus moveo in the symbolic middle of his epic (Aen. 7.45, the closure of the invocation to Erato) should be read as containing the poet’s signature “Ma(ro)-Pu(blius)-Ve(rgilius).” This authorial signature, as I suggest, may evoke not only the famous “Ma-Ve-Pu” acrostic in the Georgics, but further Vergilian acrostics and signatures as well.
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Why is it important?
I discovered an 'authorial signature' in the symbolic middle of the Aeneid.
Perspectives
It was nice to notice that one of the most emphatic authorial statements in the epic, maius opus moveo, also contains a reference to the author's name.
Dr Ábel Tamás
Eotvos Lorand Tudomanyegyetem
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This page is a summary of: Maius opus moveo: Vergil’s Hidden Signature in Aeneid 7.45?, Classical Philology, July 2024, University of Chicago Press,
DOI: 10.1086/730447.
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