The intervention of Apollo in Aen. 9 is seen as a staging of metanarrative: the god appears in a Callimachean setting, and excludes Ascanius from the plot of the poem, whereas in the pre-Virgilian legend it was him who put an end to the war in Latium by killing Mezentius in a single combat.
Casali, S. (2009). The Theophany of Apollo in Aeneid 9: Augustanism and Self-Reflexivity. In L. Athanassaki, R.P. Martin, J.F. Miller (a cura di), Apolline Politics and Poetics: International Symposium (pp. 299-328). Athens : European Cultural Centre of Delphi.
The Theophany of Apollo in Aeneid 9: Augustanism and Self-Reflexivity
CASALI, SERGIO
2009-01-01
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The intervention of Apollo in Aen. 9 is seen as a staging of metanarrative: the god appears in a Callimachean setting, and excludes Ascanius from the plot of the poem, whereas in the pre-Virgilian legend it was him who put an end to the war in Latium by killing Mezentius in a single combat.File in questo prodotto:
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