VENUS' BOOTS AND THE SHADOW OF CAESAR IN BOOK 1 OF VIRGIL'S AENEID

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Nabel, Jake ^{[1
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[1] Cornell Univ, Ithaca, NY 14853 USA

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CLASSICAL QUARTERLY | 2015年 / 65卷 / 02期

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10.1017/S0009838815000178

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I [文学];

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05 ;

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Uirginibus Tyriis mos est gestare pharetram, purpureoque alte suras uincire cothurno. It is customary for us Tyrian girls to carry a quiver and to lace our calves up high in red boots. (Verg. Aen. 1.336-7) With these words a disguised Venus explains the accessories of her costume to Aeneas and Achates shortly after the Trojan landing in North Africa. Even detailed commentaries on this passage overlook an important feature: the lines contain a reference to Julius Caesar, who claimed descent from Venus and made a political point of wearing red boots during his dictatorship. This allusion to Caesar connects in significant ways to adjoining passages of the first book of the Aeneid. © 2015 The Classical Association.

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