CALLIMACHEAN CAMILLA: AN UNAPPRECIATED LITER ARY ANAGRAM IN VIRGIL.

The name of Virgil’s Volscian heroine Camilla has been a source of scholarly discussion, especially in light of evidence from Varro and Macrobius, citing Callimachus and Pacuvius. Consideration of Virgil’s introduction and presentation of his probable literary invention will show a deliberate intention of highlighting the importance of Callimachus as an intertextual model, not least in Camilla’s anagrammatic association with the Hellenistic poet. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]