Virgil and the Rhesvs Attributed to Euripides: an Unnoticed Allusion at Aeneid 1.25–7?
Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: This article argues that the Virgilian narrator’s account of Juno’s anger at the outcome of the Judgement of Paris at Aen. 1.25–7 contains an allusion, which seems to have gone unnoticed, to a prologue transmitted in some manuscripts of the Rhesus attributed to Euripides. It also discusses the problem of the origin of this prologue. Finally, it suggests some interpretative possibilities arising from recognition of the allusion.
Source: The Classical Quarterly
Author: Basil L.P. Nelis
Institution: Leiden University
Language: English
Topic: Classical Antiquity Studies
Subfield: Anthropology
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
Estimated APC paid: $3,450
OpenAlex ID: W4408174155