only repeat the observation of Versnel (1994, 192) on the “awe-inspiring quantity of
studies” on the subject of the return of the Golden Age. Beside Versnel’s own study
(192 – 205), note in particular Gatz 1967, 135 – 43; Wallace-Hadrill 1982; Kubusch 1986,
91 – 147; Zanker 1988, 167 – 83; Galinsky 1996, 90 – 100.
- On the imperial drive to repeat these fundamental patterns in successive gen-
erations, see Henderson 1998, 258 – 59. - Above, n. 38.
- Momigliano 1987, 34. On the difference between the Greek use of the time of
Cronus as a point of comparison and the Roman idea of a return, see Gatz 1967, 90,
134 – 35; cf. Wallace-Hadrill 1982, 20 – 21. - Gatz 1967, 90, 134 – 35, with reference to, for example, Arist. Ath. Pol.16.7, on
the rule of Pisistratus as the life under Cronus. Among the overpowering bulk of stud-
ies ofEclogue4, orientation is provided by Gatz 1967, 87 – 103; DuQuesnay 1977; Nis-
bet 1978b; Marincic 2001; Perkell 2002, 12 – 18. - DuQuesnay 1977, 72; Galinsky 1996, 92; Marincic 2001, 490.
- Gatz 1967, 92 – 93; Perkell 2002, 14 – 15.
- Munich 2003, 44.
- So Versnel (1994, 119), referring to the work of Weidkuhn (1977, 174 – 75), on
a legitimacy that refers “to a mythical reality outside ours,... lying beyond the bor-
ders of history and space, an eternal truth that existed before time but still exists behind
it and behind our reality, and occasionally mingles with ours in ‘periods of exception’.” - Macleod 1979; my thanks to Stephen Hinds for this reference.
- Watson 2003, ad loc. For this reading of the “Prioritätsfrage,” see Cavarzere
1975/6, esp. 39; Horsfall 1991, 357. - Especially helpful for orientation are Zanker 1988, 167 – 83; Galinsky 1996,
90 – 100. - Galinsky 1996, 90 – 91; cf. Barker 1996, 434: “a complex myth at the centre of
a complex discourse.” - Barker 1996, an important discussion, to which I am indebted throughout this
section. - Weinstock 1971, 196; Horsfall 1976, 86 – 87, with references to a possible ear-
lier date for the Ludi, in 23 b.c.e.— though Virgil’s allusions are compatible with
longer-range planning.
142.Romane, memento(Aen.6.851) translates memnh'sqai, ïRwmai'eof the third line
of the oracle (Zosimus 2.1.6). I wish Norden (1927, ad loc.) had elaborated on his
remark that this is “eine Konkordanz, aus der sich interessante Schlüsse ziehen liessen.”
In his note on 6.70 he detects a Virgilian anticipation of Ludi Saeculares, in honor of
Apollo and Diana. - Barker 1996, 438 – 42.
- Barker 1996, 443 – 46.
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