Why was Virgil called ‘Parthenias’
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11836580 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Fabio Stok (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 69 |
| Pages | 157-170 |
| Publication date | 2017-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Giornale Italiano di Filologia (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0017-0461 • E-ISSN: 2507-0401 |
| Publisher | Brepols Publishers NV (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1484/j.gif.5.114577 |
| OpenAlex | W2793117614 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 8 |
The nickname ‘Parthenias’ assigned to Virgil in Naples, as Donatus states in his Vita Vergili, was variously interpreted by the scholars, as to the poet’s morality, or to his name, or to Parthenope. There are new possibilities of clarifying the appellative thanks to Brown’s discovery of an acrostic in the first book of the Georgics. In the context of this acrostic there is a word, virgineum (v. 430), which perhaps suggested the nickname
Art · Context (archaeology · Epistemology · Humanities · Literature · Morality · Classical Antiquity Studies · History · Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0.4 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2025 (5) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |