The two similarities (Daedalus-Aeneas/Daedalus-Virgil) are linked by the lines 'ipse ratem nocturnis rexit in undis' (of Aeneas, V 868) and 'ipse dolos tecti ambagesque resolvit, caeca regens filo vestigia' (of Daedalus, VI, 29). The hero and the artist/poet 'take personal charge' in situations of great danger. The poet accepts grave responsibilities: but does he, when we encounter the Gates which lead from the dream which he creates and which correspond to Daedalus' great doors, finally 'resolve the ambiguities?'. - Martin Hughes
On Mon, 8 Mar 1999, D P Nelis wrote: > Daedalus is like Aeneas: they have both crossed the seas to get to Cumae and > suffered loss on the way. > Daedalus is like Vergil: they both depict 'error' and pity 'magnum reginae > amorem'. > The doors at the start of book 6 are related to the gates at the end. > There is a new book by Michael Punam called 'Vergil's Epic Designs' (YaleUP > 1998); it has a chapter on Daedalus. > Damien Nelis. > > ---------- > >From: Leofranc Holford-Strevens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Subject: Re: VIRGIL: VERGIL: ekphrasis in Book VI > >Date: Mon, Mar 8, 1999, 10:02 > > > > >In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Clare > >Studwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes > >>I brought up this question about a week ago about the ekphrasis in Book VI > >>(lines 20-36) of Vergil's Aeneid. Unfortunately I received NO responses. > >>If > >>you have any opinion on the role of this ekphrasis on the temple doors > >>which > >>Daedalus created, please let me know. > >> > >>Thanks. Clare > > > >I had been meaning to find a moment to think about the passage, but for > >the time being: a journey through the air counterpoises one to the > >underworld; and the ekphrasis before this major episode recalls that > >before another, in Carthage. Quite inadequate, but perhaps it will > >stimulate someone else, like the crystal that seeds a supersaturated > >solution into precipitating. > > > >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 > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
