The Pictures on Dido's Temple
( Aeneid I. 450–93)
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9342431 |
|---|---|
| Authors | R D Williams (University of Reading, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1960 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue | 3-4 |
| Pages | 145-151 |
| Publication date | 1960-11-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Classical Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0009-8388 • E-ISSN: 1471-6844 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0009838800003906 |
| OpenAlex | W2148318745 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
Shortly after his arrival at Carthage, while he is waiting for Dido to meet him, Aeneas finds that the walls of her temple are adorned with pictures of the Trojan War. Sunt hie etiam sua praemia laudi , he cries to Achates, sunt lacrimae rerum et mentem mortalia tangunt . The description of the pictures which follows is a remarkable example of Virgil's ability to use a traditional device in such a way as to strengthen and illuminate the main themes of his poem. It is my object here first to reinterpret one of the scenes which has been misunderstood, and then to discuss how Virgil has chosen and arranged his episodes so that the description of a picture gallery becomes a part of an epic poem
Ancient history · Art · DIDO · EPIC · Linguistics · Literature · Object (grammar · Poetry · Temple · Trojan · Classical Antiquity Studies · Computer Science · Historical and Literary Studies · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies · History · Philosophy
| Citations per year | 0.1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1977 - 2018 (42) |
| Highly cited | No |