An Emendation to Theodulf, Carmen 29,73 (prostratus corpore terrae): A Vergilian Echo in Carolingian Poetry

• Authors: Cancela Cilleruelo Álvaro
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Instead of exiguo prostratus corpore terra, in Theodulf of Orléans, Carmen 29,73, we should read exiguo prostratus corpore terrae. This poem is preserved in a late and very corrupt witness. Here the corruption has remained hidden because terra seems acceptable. The slight emendation terrae is supported by a number of significant parallels and a careful literary and linguistic analysis. The verse seems to be modelled on Virgil’s Aeneid, XI,87 (toto proiectus corpore terrae), and should be linked to two other contemporary compositions: Alcuin of York, Carmina, 20,23 and 44,11 (prostrato corpore terris), and the anonymous eighth century poem Exhortatio poenitendi, 86 (prostratus corpore terrae).

Keywords

EN

dative of direction; poetic plural; Theodulf of Orléans; Alcuin of York; Vergil; Exhortatio poenitendi; conjecture

Discipline

• PHILOLOGY_&_LINGUISTICS: PHILOLOGY & LINGUISTICS

• Publisher: Institute of Philosophy, Czech Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Listy filologické (Folia philologica)
• Year: 2019
• Volume: 142
• Issue: 1-2
• Pages: 199-211

Contributors

author

Cancela Cilleruelo Álvaro

• Universidad de Salamanca, Facultad de Filología, Departamento de Filología Clásica e Indoeuropeo, Plaza de Anaya s/n, 37008 Salamanca, España/Spain