In response to Gert De Ceukelaire
query in re: Jacob von Maerlant's
Middle Dutch *Aeneid* --
I suspect there is little doubt
that this tradition emphasizing the
treachery of both Aeneas and Antenor
arises from the Dares and Dictys tradition.
To Dares the Phyrgian is assigned
the prose *De excidio Troiae historia*
(5th-6th c. A.D.?), and to Dictys of Crete
2nd-3rd c.?) the *Ephemeris belli Troiani*.
Each of these pretends to be eye-
winess accounts, with greater claims to
authenticity over Homer, thus explaining
(if only in part) their enormous popularity
with medieval Troy-saga authors.
Prof. De Ceukelaire would do well
to check out the probable influence of Benoit
de Sainte More's *Roman de Troie* upon
von Maerlant's version.
...Of which important text I certainly
hope he will be providing modern scholars
with a new annotated edition and facing
translation in the near future!
R.C.
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