EL PEDIDO DE ARMAS DE VENUS A VULCANO (EN. 8. 370-406): ALGUNOS INTERTEXTOS.

Authors :: Cairo, María Emilia
Source :: Circe de Clásicos y Modernos. 2010, Issue 14, p45-54. 10p.
Publication Year :: 2010
Abstract: The aim of this paper is to study the episode of Aeneid 8 in which Venus asks Vulcan to make an armour for Aeneas. In particular, we are interested in investigating the intertextual relationships which it bears to four passages of the epic tradition: Iliad 18, Iliad 14, Odyssey 8 and Lucretius' proem to De rerum natura. The analysis of Virgilian imitatio contributes to the study of the complexity of Venus' character. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]