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HOSPITALITY NARRATIVES IN VIRGIL AND CALLIMACHUS: THE IDEOLOGY OF RECEPTION

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 April 2017

Donncha O'Rourke
Donncha O'Rourke*
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Abstract

This article highlights the extent and significance of the intertextual relationship between reception narratives in Virgil's Aeneid (Aeneas and Evander) and Callimachus’ Aetia (Heracles and Molorcus) and Hecale (Theseus and Hecale). Encompassing Aeneas’ succession to Hercules as Evander's guest, his failed pledge to his host and his acquisition of a shield on which his historical successor, Augustus, is depicted, Callimachean intertextuality informs the narrative of the Aeneid in its widest sweep. As the archetypal scene of Homeric hospitality (Odysseus and Eumaeus) is received from Callimachus by the new Homer of Augustan Rome, the narrative of reception becomes one of intertextual and cultural appropriation, the dynamics of which are far from those of amicable exchange.

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The Cambridge Classical Journal , Volume 63 , December 2017 , pp. 118 - 142
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Copyright © The Author(s) 2017. Published by Cambridge University Press 

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Footnotes

Fragments of Aetia follow Harder unless otherwise stated; those of Hecale follow Hollis. This article has been much improved by the input from its anonymous reviewers and the editor at CCJ. For helpful discussion and/or response to earlier drafts, I also warmly thank Lilah Grace Canevaro, Fiachra Mac Góráin, Calum Maciver, Damien Nelis and Michiel Verheij.

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