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Sex and the Sack of the City

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 September 2009

TONY WHITTAKER
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Extract

The contention in what follows is that, in describing the invasion of Priam's palace in lines 469–505 of Aeneid 2, Virgil uses language that has connotations of sexual violence, suggesting a literal as well as metaphorical rape.

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Research Article
Information
Greece & Rome , Volume 56 , Issue 2 , October 2009 , pp. 234 - 242
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Copyright © The Classical Association 2009

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