Review of Burgess, J., The Death and Afterlife of Achilles. Baltimore 2009
(2010)
Journal Article
Ziogas, I. (2010). Review of Burgess, J., The Death and Afterlife of Achilles. Baltimore 2009
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The Permanence of Cupid's Metamorphosis in the Aeneid (2010)
Journal Article
Ziogas, I. (2010). The Permanence of Cupid's Metamorphosis in the Aeneid. Trends in Classics, 2(1), 150-174. https://doi.org/10.1515/tcs.2010.007Cupid morphs into Ascanius in Aeneid 1 and I argue that this transformation invests Ascanius with erotic qualities that are essential to understanding the boy's role in the Aeneid. Vergil deliberately blurs the distinction between Ascanius and Cupid,... Read More about The Permanence of Cupid's Metamorphosis in the Aeneid.