Revisiting Evander at Aeneid 8.363
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9664839 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Roger Rees (University of St Andrews, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1996 |
| Volume | 46 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 583-586 |
| Publication date | 1996-12-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Classical Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0009-8388 • E-ISSN: 1471-6844 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1093/cq/46.2.583 |
| OpenAlex | W2065002890 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 6 |
The purpose of this note is to revive Servius Auctus' interpretation of Aeneid 8.363, which has been overlooked or dismissed without argument by recent scholars. It concerns the identification and location of Evander's regia . The relevant lines are worth quoting in full (359–67): There has been general agreement amongst scholars this century that the building is to be understood to be occupying the same place—or thereabouts—as that later to be taken by Augustus' house. It is now established that this was on the South-West of the Palatine
Argument (complex analysis · Art · Art history · Identification (biology · Interpretation (philosophy · Linguistics · Literature · Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History · Classical Antiquity Studies · Classics · Historical and Architectural Studies · History · Medicine · Philosophy
| Citations per year | 0.13 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2011 - 2022 (12) |
| Highly cited | No |