EL MITO DE ALCESTIS EN LA LITERATURA LATINA: EL CASO DEL CENTÓN
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https://doi.org/10.18830/issn2238-362X.v5.n2.2015.08Keywords:
Cento, Alcestis, Myth, Virgil, IntertextualityAbstract
In this paper, I will deal with the mythological cento Alcesta, an anonymous 162 lines poem (AL 15 Riese2) which retells the myth of Alcestis and Admetus, already treated in the famous tragedy of Euripides. My aim is to analyze the function of the reused Virgilian lines and its double relation both to the Greco-Roman mythical tradition of Alcestis and to the original context of the main source, i.e., the Aeneid. As I will show, the resignification of these lines represents a re-reading not only of the Virgilian epic but also of the myth. Before beginning with the analysis, I will do a brief summary of the myth of Alcestis as it appears in GrecoRoman literature ”“ with special attention to the Roman world ”“ so to understand the treatment of the myth in this Virgilian cento.
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