Animus Classics Journal, Volume 3, Issue 1
The Winter 2023 issue of Animus Classics Journal, the undergraduate journal for the Classics at the University of Chicago.
The Winter 2023 issue of Animus Classics Journal, the undergraduate journal for the Classics at the University of Chicago.
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NOTEFROMTHETRANSLATOR
I usedEnglishfreeverse,prioritizingconversational
Englishstyleoverfaithfulnesstotheexactgrammar
oftheoriginalLatintext.IalsousedEnglishpast
tenseinsteadofVergil’spresenttenseforstylisticreasons.I
translatedcunctantem(211)as“itdelayed,”usingthefinite
verbinsteadoftheparticipletomakeitsoundbetterin
English.Ichose“delay”because“delayer”istheusualEnglishtranslationofQuintusFabius’agnomen,Cunctator,and
becausethebranchcanonlybepluckedaccordingtofate
andthereisnoresistingfate,onlydelayingit.
Iaddedacompletelyoriginalmetaphorinthelastlineofmy
translation(“adutifulhoundplayingfetch”)becauseAeneas
is described as pius (i.e., dutiful) throughout the
Aeneid.Thegrandquesthehastocompletetogettotheunderworldisnothingmorethanfetchingastick.Callinghim
ahoundacknowledgeshisstrengthandintelligence,as
huntingdogs,butheislessdefinedbyhisstrengththanby
hisloyaltyandobediencetothegods––masterswhoarein
acompletelydifferentclassofbeingandwhoseendgoals
hecannotunderstand.
MorellOld
THEGOLDENBOUGH1AENEID6.183-211
MORELLOLD,TRANSLATOR
GRINNELLCOLLEGE
p.52 1 p.53 1
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