HOSPITALITY NARRATIVES IN VIRGIL AND CALLIMACHUS: THE IDEOLOGY OF RECEPTION
2017; Cambridge University Press; Volume: 63; Linguagem: Inglês
10.1017/s1750270517000057
ISSN2047-993X
Autores Tópico(s)Byzantine Studies and History
ResumoThis article highlights the extent and significance of the intertextual relationship between reception narratives in Virgil's Aeneid (Aeneas and Evander) and Callimachus’ Aetia (Heracles and Molorcus) and Hecale (Theseus and Hecale). Encompassing Aeneas’ succession to Hercules as Evander's guest, his failed pledge to his host and his acquisition of a shield on which his historical successor, Augustus, is depicted, Callimachean intertextuality informs the narrative of the Aeneid in its widest sweep. As the archetypal scene of Homeric hospitality (Odysseus and Eumaeus) is received from Callimachus by the new Homer of Augustan Rome, the narrative of reception becomes one of intertextual and cultural appropriation, the dynamics of which are far from those of amicable exchange.
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