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The Greeting from Anchises in the Homeric Hymn to Aphrodite

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Taida I.
Eirene. Studia Graeca et Latina
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2017
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vol. 53
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issue 1-2
153-167
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In the Homeric Hymn to Aphrodite, Aphrodite is disguised as a mortal maiden when she visits Anchises in a hut on a mountain. Anchises makes a welcoming greeting in which he lists several names of goddesses to ask for the identity of the stranger: Artemis, Leto, Aphrodite, Themis, Athena, the Graces and the Nymphs. The purpose of this paper is to consider this greeting, and especially the list of the goddesses. The poet made the greeting based on the scene of Odysseus and Nausicaa in the Odyssey, and used the ring composition to bind the greeting with other parts of this hymn. When the poet described the goddesses and ordered them, he was very careful to follow the epic tradition to construct the greeting in a manner that is simultaneously innovative and deeply traditional.
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The sense of games and undeserved suffering Some comments on Book V of Vergil's Aeneid

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Śnieżewski S.
Classica Cracoviensia
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2012
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issue 15: Leadership in Antiquity: Langauge - Institutions - Representations
205-221
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Many scholars believe that literary and artistic level of Book V of Vergil`s Aeneid is much lower than in the neighbouring books four and six. Nonetheless a detailed analysis of the contents and composition allows, in my opinion, to treat Book V as interesting and valuable. Vergil concentrated primarily on the sense of suffering which often befalls innocent people. The most vivid is the example of Palinurus whose undeserved and sacrificial death permits Aeneas to continue with his mission. The death of Palinurus and Dido is, I think, a symbolic farewell of Aeneas with the Trojan past and the wandering on the sea. The participants in the games are all secondary characters. By introducing them Vergil, I believe, wished to stress the importance of every man of Aeneas` crew in the fulfilling of the task set by destiny. The importance of fatum and fortuna increases exponentially in the instances where human strength and abilities fail.
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