Magic and Memory: Dido's Ritual for Inducing Forgetfulness in Aeneid 4
In this article, I examine the nature of Dido’s magic ritual in Aeneid 4, reading it as a magic ritual aimed at inducing forgetfulness. I argue that in burning his belongings, Dido intends to forget Aeneas and not to destroy him; for this purpose, I study this episode in the light of non-literary so...
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| Format: | article |
| Language: | eng |
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2021
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10451/50119 |
| Country: | Portugal |
| Oai: | oai:repositorio.ul.pt:10451/50119 |