2. One of the first studies of Virgilian intertextuality was Perellius Faustus' uncharitably entitled "Thefts" (Furta). Octavius Avitus' (Omoio/thtes filled some eight books (Vita Donati 44-45). The fullest surviving example of this scholarly tradition is found in books 5 and 6 of Macrobius' Saturnalia.

3. On this aspect of the relationship between Virgil, his models, and ancient scholarship see Wigodsky (1972) and Jocelyn (1964-1965).

4. See in general Pfeiffer (1968); for further and more detailed discussion cf. Porter (1992).

5. Hardie (1986); cf. Farrell (1991) 253-72.

6. Hardie (1986) ch. 8, "The Shield of Aeneas: The Cosmic Icon," 336-76, with further references.

7. Knauer (1964a) 239-66; cf. Knauer (1964b) 76-78. See also Wimmel (1973) 50-73.

8. Anderson (1957) 25; Gransden (1984) 97-98

9. On what follows see Wills (1987).

10. On this relationship see Ott (1969) 99-105; Halperin (1983) 176-81.

11. On the relationship between the bucolic world and the Golden Age myth in Virgil see Johnston (1980) 41-61.

12. See Putnam (1965) ch. 3, "History's Dream," 105-50 and Wimmel (1973) 43-73.

13. "Apollonius Argonautica scripsit ubi inducit amantem Medeam; inde totus hic liber translatus est, de tertio Apollonii" praef. in Aen. 4, 247.1-4 Harv.

14. For details see Farrell 1991.

15. See Farrell (1991) 291-314 and especially Ross (1975) 18-38, with further references.

16. On what follows see Farrell (1992).

17. Pindar: Wilkinson (1970); Callimachus: Thomas (1983).

18. The classic pages of Heinze (1915) 145-70, recently translated into English (1993) 121-41, are still worth studying.

19. Nugent (1992).

20. Poliakoff (1985).

21. On this phenomenon see Thomas (1986) 180-81; cf. Farrell (1991) 228-29.

22. The fact that Virgil's Trojans at this point are living out the experiences of Homer's Greeks is reflected linguistically in the change of Lucretius' ductores Danaum to Virgil's ductores Teucrum.