The Judgement of Paris as Examined by a Lawyer and a Christian Moralist: Dracontius’ De raptu Helenae

• Authors: Natalia Cichoń

Abstracts

EN

In this paper I examine Dracontius’ poem De raptu Helenae to prove his unconventionality and originality inpresenting a well-known myth. He analyses the story of the judgement of Paris from the legal point of viewusing professional, legal vocabulary. At the same time he takes into account also the moral and Christian dilemmasand thereby he finds completely new aspects and interpretations, ignored by previous poets.

Keywords

EN

Dracontius; Late Antiquity; Paris; Helena; legal language; Latin poetry; moralism

• Publisher: Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu
• Journal: Symbolae Philologorum Posnaniensium Graecae et Latinae
• Year: 2016
• Volume: 26
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 157-170

Dates

published

2016

Contributors

author

Natalia Cichoń

• Uniwersytet Jagielloński w Krakowie, Instytut Filologii Klasycznej

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Identifiers

DOI

10.14746/sppgl.2016.XXVI.1.9

Biblioteka Nauki

1046600