Abstract
AbstractThis article argues for an allusion in Virgil's Eclogue 4 to one of Pindar's victory odes (Olympian 6). It will be suggested that this Pindaric pretext is viewed by the Latin poet through a Callimachean perspective which adds to it further layers of significance. Consequently, the evidence will be discussed for reading the allusion in terms of royal ideology which places Virgil's poem in the tradition of Hellenistic ruler-encomia.
Highlights
This article argues for an allusion in Virgil’s Eclogue 4 to one of Pindar’s victory odes (Olympian 6)
It will be suggested that this Pindaric pretext is viewed by the Latin poet through a Callimachean perspective which adds to it further layers of significance
The description of the blessings brought by the prodigious advent of the child in Virgil’s cryptic fourth Eclogue includes the following lines (4.23–5): ipsa tibi blandos fundent cunabula flores. occidet et serpens et fallax herba ueneni occidet; Assyrium uulgo nascetur amomum
Summary
VIRGIL’S CALLIMACHEAN PINDAR: KINGSHIP AND THE BABY IAMUS IN ECLOGUE 4.23–5* This article argues for an allusion in Virgil’s Eclogue 4 to one of Pindar’s victory odes (Olympian 6).
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