Aetna against Henna and the poetics of Claudian’s De Raptu Proserpinae

Parkes, Ruth (2023) Aetna against Henna and the poetics of Claudian’s De Raptu Proserpinae. Arethusa, 56 (2). ISSN 1080-6504

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Abstract

Whether Claudian placed the seizure of Proserpina at Aetna or at Henna in his De Raptu Proserpinae is a controversial issue due to manuscript disagreement over place names. Looking at the question through a literary lens, this article argues in favour of locating the rape at Aetna. It sketches some critical approaches to Claudian’s De Raptu in regards to the poem’s structure and its relationship to literary models. It then considers what is at stake in understanding Aetna rather than Henna as the place of the rape and uses recent work on Claudian’s literary practices to assess the arguments.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Claudian Proserpina
Subjects: P Language and Literature > PA Classical philology
Divisions: Institutes and Academies > Institute of Education and Humanities > Academic Discipline: Humanities and Social Sciences
Depositing User: Ruth Parkes
Date Deposited: 20 Apr 2023 08:08
Last Modified: 11 Sep 2024 17:03
URI: https://repository.uwtsd.ac.uk/id/eprint/2364

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