牛津拉丁诗选 (The Oxford Book of Latin Verse)

The plan of this book excludes epic and the drama, and in general so much of Roman poetry as could be included only by a licence of excerpt mostly dangerous and in poetry of any architectonic pretensions intolerable.

编者 Garrod 自陈"选本排除史诗与戏剧, 也大体排除须以'选段特许'方能收入的诗体"——选集本"plot"实为编者选目原则, plot 58.

NVMA POMPILIVS (?) ANONYMOUS MARCIVS VATES M. PACVVIVS ALBIVS TIBVLLVS SEXTVS PROPERTIVS SVLPICIA TIBERIVS CLAVDIVS CAESAR GERMANICVS PETRONIVS ARBITER CORNELIVS SEVERVS ALBINOVANVS PEDO CLAVDIVS CLAVDIANVS RVTILIVS CLAVDIVS NAMATIANVS PHOCAS

跨度从早期 Numa Pompilius(?) 的仪式诗到 5 世纪末 Phocas 的 Clio 颂, 阵容梯度清晰, cast 86.

It is among other memories, traditions, and aspirations, by the threshold of a world where Vergil takes solemn and fated leave of those whom he has guided and inspired: Non aspettar mio dir più nè mio cenno.

编者以 Dante《神曲》Vergil 告别 Dante 的一句作为全书编辑原则的隐喻——"不必再等我言"——把选集节奏决定权交给编者自己的判断; pace 70.

DIVITIAS alius fuluo sibi congerat auro et teneat culti iugera multa soli, quem labor adsiduus uicino terreat hoste, Martia cui somnos classica pulsa fugent: me mea paupertas uita traducat inerti, dum meus adsiduo luceat igne focus.

Tibullus 的 elegiac couplet——"他人聚黄金 · 我愿贫困生活 · 火炉常燃"——以"贫而安"的牧歌体对抗黄金时代常见的"战功体", 节奏舒缓, prose 90.

QVALIS et unde genus, qui sint mihi, Tulle, Penates quaeris pro nostra semper amicitia. si, Perusine, tibi patriae sunt nota sepulcra, Italiae duris funera temporibus, cum Romana suos egit discordia ciuis; (sic, mihi praecipue, puluis Etrusca, dolor, tu proiecta mei perpessa es membra propinqui, tu nullo miseri contegis ossa solo) proxima supposito contingens Vmbria campo me genuit terris fertilis uberibus.

Propertius 自述出生在"靠近 Perusia / Umbria 平原"的"伊特鲁里亚尘土"——罗马内战(Perusia 之围)的家族墓地是 Propertius 的出生背景, world 92.

The author whose exclusion I most regret is Prudentius. If any one asks me, Where is Merobaudes? where Sedulius? where Dracontius? I answer that they are where they have always been--out of account. Interesting, no doubt, in other ways, for the student of poetry they do not count. Prudentius counts. He has his place. But it is not in this Collection.

编者 Garrod 自陈"我最遗憾排除的是 Prudentius; Merobaudes / Sedulius / Dracontius 自古不在考虑之列"——以"排除基督教诗人"的明确立场作为选本钩子, hook 85.

It is among other memories, traditions, and aspirations, by the threshold of a world where Vergil takes solemn and fated leave of those whom he has guided and inspired: Non aspettar mio dir più nè mio cenno.

编者以 Dante《神曲》Vergil 告别 Dante 的诗句作为全书编辑原则的隐喻, 是 20 世纪古典学标志性编辑选择——Vergil 引导 Dante 走过地狱与炼狱, 然后"不必再等我言"告别; 选本在此打住, innov 88.

O VETVSTATIS ueneranda custos, regios actus simul et fugacis temporum cursus docilis referre, aurea Clio, tu nihil magnum sinis interire, nil mori clarum pateris, reseruans posteris prisci monumenta saecli condita libris.

"古老之可敬守护者, 善于复述王业与飞逝时间之流, 金色 Clio; 你不让伟业消逝, 不让荣名死灭, 把先世纪念碑藏于书以传后人"——Phocas 在 Vergil 传记前以 Clio 颂作为引子, 选本以这段作为收束, ending 86.