Abstract
In Triphiodorus’ Sack of Troy, it is possible to find traces of a “dialectical” confrontation with the Aeneid: a kind of silent dialogue with a text that is not a model in the usual meaning of the word, but rather an unavoidable interlocutor. I try to detect some of these traces, starting from an issue of poetics, then focusing on two episodes as case studies, notably Triphiodorus’ treatment of Sinon and Cassandra. Finally, I deal with an ideological point, that is, the curtailment of Aeneas’ heroism in the Sack of Troy. I will therefore show that Triphiodorus establishes a polyvalent relationship with Aeneid 2 that goes from a partial convergence about poetics up to a marked difference, almost bordering on open opposition, on the ideological ground.
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