Sorry, this is probably a bit of a basic question. But I was shown recently how Juno's supplication at Aen 1.65-75 is , generically speaking, in the form of a standard prayer (is euktikon the right term, or kleticon?), but that certain topoi are omitted. Thus Juno does not invoke her past services to Aeolus as a good reason for his support, but Aeolus himself then mentions them anyway in his reply. This sophistication highlights the rather paradoxical supplication going on, where Juno is really superior to Aeolus. Can anyone comment on anything more complex in it, or on other sophistications. I'd also be interested in finding some good examples of fairly 'normal' prayers of the same genre in earlier Greek poetry to compare it with.
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