In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Dan King <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes >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?
Euktikon: kletikon is the 'Come hither' type of prayer. >), 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. > Try Chryses' prayer to Apollo after his rebuff by Agamemnon, _Iliad_ 1. 36-42, which likewise sets in motion the action of the epic, and does contain the reference to past service. Leofranc Holford-Strevens *_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_* Leofranc Holford-Strevens 67 St Bernard's Road usque adeone Oxford scire MEVM nihil est, nisi ME scire hoc sciat alter? OX2 6EJ tel. +44 (0)1865 552808(home)/267865(work) fax +44 (0)1865 512237 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (home) [EMAIL PROTECTED] (work) *_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_* ----------------------------------------------------------------------- To leave the Mantovano mailing list at any time, do NOT hit reply. Instead, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message "unsubscribe mantovano" in the body (omitting the quotation marks). You can also unsubscribe at http://virgil.org/mantovano/mantovano.htm#unsub
