Properce, Élégies, livre IV
Texte établi, traduit et commenté
By (author) É. Coutelle
This commentary of Book IV, while describing the current state of the art in Propertian studies, provides an original text as well as a critical apparatus, together with a translation in prose. Unlike recent editions that favour the hypothesis of a third branch, the text edited, based on Marc Dominicy’s works, attributes to Manuscript T an important yet secondary role, as opposed to N. In the first part, a synthesis dedicated to each elegy puts it into context and reviews the literary, historical and sociological issues it may raise. This general perspective paves the way for the detailed ad uerbum analyses that follow.
English summary: This commentary of Book IV, while describing the current state of the art in Propertian studies, provides an original text as well as a critical apparatus, together with a translation in prose. Unlike recent editions that favour the hypothesis of a third branch, the text edited, based on Marc Dominicy’s works, attributes to Manuscript T an important yet secondary role, as opposed to N. In the first part, a synthesis dedicated to each elegy puts it into context and reviews the literary, historical and sociological issues it may raise. This general perspective paves the way for the detailed ad uerbum analyses that follow. Indeed, Propertius does not only reshape the elegiac fiction of the puella and its models, as happened in the first three Books. He also focuses on realia, such as Rome’s monumenta in the opening poem. His writing strategy consists in using the prism of myth and ideology in order to bridge the gap between contemporary reality and imagination. The elegiac poet takes a critical view on the emergence and development of a new conception of political power based on the revival of Roman tradition and the foundation myth sung by Virgil and Horace. French description: Ce commentaire du Livre IV, qui fait le point sur l’etat actuel de la recherche dans les etudes propertiennes, offre un texte original et un apparat critique, accompagnes d’une traduction en prose. Le texte retenu, qui se fonde sur les travaux de Marc Dominicy, attribue au manuscrit T une place importante, mais secondaire par rapport a N, a la difference des editions recentes qui favorisent l’hypothese d’un stemma a trois branches. La premiere partie fournit, pour chaque elegie, une synthese qui la replace dans son contexte et fait le point sur ses enjeux litteraires, historiques et sociologiques. Les commentaires ad uerbum, qui proposent une analyse fouillee de chacune des elegies, s’inscrivent dans cette perspective. Properce ne se borne pas, en effet, a refaconner la fiction elegiaque de la puella et ses modeles, comme dans les trois premiers Livres. Il accorde une place majeure aux realia, a commencer par les monumenta de Rome, en articulant le reel contemporain et l’imaginaire a travers le prisme du mythe et de l’ideologie. Le poete elegiaque se demarque de la nouvelle conception du pouvoir politique, adossee a la tradition romaine, et qui s’incarne dans le mythe de la fondation chante par Virgile et Horace.
- By (author) É. Coutelle
"To sum up, the commentary is precise and accurate, up to date and copious. The bibliography is duly international and the structure itself of the volume is appealing." --Nicoletta Bruno, Bryn Mawr Classical Review, 2016.05.16
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