Copyright (C) 2006 by Mark Bear Akrigg THE LAST POEMS OF OVID A New Edition, with Commentary, of the Fourth Book of the _Epistulae ex Ponto_ by Mark Bear Akrigg, Ph.D. * * * * * Original (unpublished) edition Copyright 1985 by Mark Bear Akrigg First published edition, corrected and augmented Copyright 2006 by Mark Bear Akrigg * * * * * This edition and commentary are dedicated to ROB MORROW _"quo non mihi carior alter"_ TABLE OF CONTENTS Acknowledgments i Preface ii Introduction 1 Textual Introduction 23 P. OVIDI NASONIS _EPISTVLARM EX PONTO_ LIBER QVARTVS 54 I. Ad Sextum Pompeium 56 II. Ad Seuerum 59 III. Ad ingratum 63 IIII. Ad Sextum Pompeium 68 V. Ad Sextum Pompeium 72 VI. Ad Brutum 76 VII. Ad Vestalem 81 VIII. Ad Suillium 86 IX. Ad Graecinum 93 X. Ad Albinouanum 105 XI. Ad Gallionem 113 XII. Ad Tuticanum 115 XIII. Ad Carum 120 XIV. Ad Tuticanum 125 XV. Ad Sextum Pompeium 131 XVI. Ad inuidum 136 COMMENTARY 144 I. To Sextus Pompeius 146 II. To Cornelius Severus 161 III. To an Unfaithful Friend 177 IV. To Sextus Pompeius 199 V. To Sextus Pompeius 213 VI. To Brutus 226 VII. To Vestalis 244 VIII. To Suillius 258 IX. To Graecinus 286 X. To Albinovanus Pedo 325 XI. To Gallio 359 XII. To Tuticanus 370 XIII. To Carus 389 XIV. To Tuticanus 410 XV. To Sextus Pompeius 429 XVI. To a Detractor 446 Bibliography 471 Index of topics discussed 477 Index of textual emendations 489 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The Editor gratefully acknowledges the permission of the Herzog August Bibliothek for the use of Herzog August Bibliothek Wolfenbüttel: Cod. Guelf. 13.11 Aug. 4° (fragmentum Guelferbytanum). PREFACE It is a pleasure to present to the public this digital edition, with commentary, of _Ex Ponto_ IV, the final poems written by the Roman poet Ovid, published after his death as a posthumous collection quite separate from the earlier _Ex Ponto_ I-III. These poems have a special place among Ovid's works, but have not received the attention which they deserve. In particular, there has been no full modern commentary on these poems. This text presented in this edition is based on my personal examination of ten manuscripts. I have also restored to the text certain readings commonly accepted by editors until the nineteenth century. Finally, the edition contains several dozen new textual conjectures by myself and others. The intended audience of this edition