Classics Faculty Work
Title
Tum Canit Hesperidum Miratam Mala Puellam: The Hesperides and Hesperia in Virgil and Ovid
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2015
Publication Title
Eirene: Studia Graeca et Latina
Volume Number
51
Issue Number
2018-01-02
Abstract
The image of Hesperia and the Hesperides, western lands endowed with mythological mystery and geographical wonder, is of great significance to the Virgilian epic depiction of the westward journey of Aeneas and his Trojans, as well as to Ovid in his own epic reflection on the world and the place of Rome therein. Close consideration of the passages in both the Aeneid and the Metamorphoses that reference Hesperia and the Hesperides will reveal a careful Ovidian reading of his Virgilian source material, as well as a commentary on the nature of the fall of Troy.
ISSN
0046-1628
First Page
27
Last Page
44
Recommended Citation
Fratantuono, Lee M., "Tum Canit Hesperidum Miratam Mala Puellam: The Hesperides and Hesperia in Virgil and Ovid" (2015). Classics Faculty Work. 35.
https://digitalcommons.owu.edu/clas_pubs/35
Link Out URL
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