Sie befinden Sich nicht im Netzwerk der Universität Paderborn. Der Zugriff auf elektronische Ressourcen ist gegebenenfalls nur via VPN oder Shibboleth (DFN-AAI) möglich. mehr Informationen...
Ecphrasis, Interpretation, and Audience in "Aeneid" 1 and "Odyssey" 8
Ist Teil von
American journal of philology, 2007-12, Vol.128 (4), p.533-549
Ort / Verlag
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press
Erscheinungsjahr
2007
Link zum Volltext
Quelle
Project MUSE
Beschreibungen/Notizen
In the first ecphrasis in Vergil's "Aeneid" (1.441—94) describing Dido's temple to Juno through the eyes of Aeneas, Aeneas comes across as an isolated and confused interpreter of images of his sufferings: he understands the images he sees in one way, while the external audience understands them and his interpretation of them differently. Odysseus is neither alone nor confused when he hears Demodocus' songs in "Odyssey" 8. Moreover, the "Odyssey"—unlike the "Aeneid"—sees art as a basically straightforward and positive force in human life. Vergil draws on this contrast to depict Aeneas and interpretation in "Aeneid" 1.