OpenstarTs (Univeristy of Trieste https://www.units.it/) · 2014 · 16 citations · 0 references
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HumanitiesClassicsReligious StudiesAncient ReligionRoman HistoryTheologyAncient RomeClassical AntiquityLate AntiquityRoman EmpireRoman ReligionRoman TragedyAugustan HistoriographyGreek GodsPlatonist TheologyProximityReligious PropagandaTheology In PlatoVirgilian Epic
The poetry of Virgil constructs a particular relationship between Apollo and Dionysus. In the present article I examine this relationship, which features in the Eclogues and the Aeneid. I take into account a variety of relevant contexts, modern as well as ancient, in which Apollo and Dionysus are found together. The pairing of the two gods was well