{"title":"Maius opus moveo: Vergil’s Hidden Signature in Aeneid 7.45?","authors":"Ábel Tamás","doi":"10.1086/730447","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"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.","PeriodicalId":46255,"journal":{"name":"CLASSICAL PHILOLOGY","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.7000,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"CLASSICAL PHILOLOGY","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1086/730447","RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"0","JCRName":"CLASSICS","Score":null,"Total":0}
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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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Classical Philology has been an internationally respected journal for the study of the life, languages, and thought of the Ancient Greek and Roman world since 1906. CP covers a broad range of topics from a variety of interpretative points of view. CP welcomes both longer articles and short notes or discussions that make a significant contribution to the study of Greek and Roman antiquity. Any field of classical studies may be treated, separately or in relation to other disciplines, ancient or modern. In particular, we invite studies that illuminate aspects of the languages, literatures, history, art, philosophy, social life, and religion of ancient Greece and Rome. Innovative approaches and originality are encouraged as a necessary part of good scholarship.