{"title":"The Enticement of Allusion: Epic Landscape and Language in Ovid's Salmacis/Hermaphroditus Episode","authors":"Alden Smith","doi":"10.1353/clw.2021.0031","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT:This paper considers Ovid's allusion to his models including Homer, Vergil and Catullus, particularly within the context of Ovid's description of landscape in the Salmacis/Hermaphroditus episode. Ovid alludes to Vergil in such a way as to suggest comparison of Aeneas and Hermaphroditus, both sons of Venus, for each of whom landscape symbolizes sexual desire for and submission to a dominant female within that landscape. Ovid's allusive technique connects the poems through topographical allusion in such a way as to show similarities and contrast between both the epic characters and Augustan poets.","PeriodicalId":46369,"journal":{"name":"CLASSICAL WORLD","volume":"115 1","pages":"65 - 80"},"PeriodicalIF":0.2000,"publicationDate":"2021-11-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"CLASSICAL WORLD","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1353/clw.2021.0031","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"0","JCRName":"CLASSICS","Score":null,"Total":0}
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ABSTRACT:This paper considers Ovid's allusion to his models including Homer, Vergil and Catullus, particularly within the context of Ovid's description of landscape in the Salmacis/Hermaphroditus episode. Ovid alludes to Vergil in such a way as to suggest comparison of Aeneas and Hermaphroditus, both sons of Venus, for each of whom landscape symbolizes sexual desire for and submission to a dominant female within that landscape. Ovid's allusive technique connects the poems through topographical allusion in such a way as to show similarities and contrast between both the epic characters and Augustan poets.
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Classical World (ISSN 0009-8418) is the quarterly journal of The Classical Association of the Atlantic States, published on a seasonal schedule with Fall (September-November), Winter (December-February), Spring (March-May), and Summer (June-August) issues. Begun in 1907 as The Classical Weekly, this peer-reviewed journal publishes contributions on all aspects of Greek and Roman literature, history, and society.
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