The ekphrastic History of Rome: complementarity of geographical description and Aeneas’s shield in Book 8 of the Aeneid

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de Santis, Guillermo
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2013
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Book 8 of the Aeneid offers a broad account of Roman history from the protohistoric origins of Janus and Saturnus to the battle of Actium. The historical narrative develops over two long descriptive passages: one related to Evander and Aeneas’s walk around Pallanteum and a second passage that is the description of Vulcan’s shield. The present author's hypothesis is then framed with the premise that these passages are both ekphrasis that can be read and interpreted as complements. This approach allows us to understand the Virgilian view of history as a series of foundations based on the development of Roman urban geography, from meaningful natural geography, in association with chronological accounts of important leaders and their actions. Additionally, both passages are woven around the theme of order and complementarity: a geographical order and a chronological one. Both representations depend on each other to express their full meaning; that is, the consideration of urban geography as a reservoir of memory and Aeneas’s shield as organized narrative history.
Fil: de Santis, Guillermo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Córdoba. Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios sobre Cultura y Sociedad. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios sobre Cultura y Sociedad; Argentina
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EKPHARASIS
HISTORY
URBAN GEOGRAPHY
AENEID
HISTORIA
GEOGRAFÍA URBANA
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv The ekphrastic History of Rome: complementarity of geographical description and Aeneas’s shield in Book 8 of the Aeneid
title The ekphrastic History of Rome: complementarity of geographical description and Aeneas’s shield in Book 8 of the Aeneid
spellingShingle The ekphrastic History of Rome: complementarity of geographical description and Aeneas’s shield in Book 8 of the Aeneid
de Santis, Guillermo
EKPHARASIS
HISTORY
URBAN GEOGRAPHY
AENEID
HISTORIA
GEOGRAFÍA URBANA
title_short The ekphrastic History of Rome: complementarity of geographical description and Aeneas’s shield in Book 8 of the Aeneid
title_full The ekphrastic History of Rome: complementarity of geographical description and Aeneas’s shield in Book 8 of the Aeneid
title_fullStr The ekphrastic History of Rome: complementarity of geographical description and Aeneas’s shield in Book 8 of the Aeneid
title_full_unstemmed The ekphrastic History of Rome: complementarity of geographical description and Aeneas’s shield in Book 8 of the Aeneid
title_sort The ekphrastic History of Rome: complementarity of geographical description and Aeneas’s shield in Book 8 of the Aeneid
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv de Santis, Guillermo
author de Santis, Guillermo
author_facet de Santis, Guillermo
author_role author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv EKPHARASIS
HISTORY
URBAN GEOGRAPHY
AENEID
HISTORIA
GEOGRAFÍA URBANA
topic EKPHARASIS
HISTORY
URBAN GEOGRAPHY
AENEID
HISTORIA
GEOGRAFÍA URBANA
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dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv Book 8 of the Aeneid offers a broad account of Roman history from the protohistoric origins of Janus and Saturnus to the battle of Actium. The historical narrative develops over two long descriptive passages: one related to Evander and Aeneas’s walk around Pallanteum and a second passage that is the description of Vulcan’s shield. The present author's hypothesis is then framed with the premise that these passages are both ekphrasis that can be read and interpreted as complements. This approach allows us to understand the Virgilian view of history as a series of foundations based on the development of Roman urban geography, from meaningful natural geography, in association with chronological accounts of important leaders and their actions. Additionally, both passages are woven around the theme of order and complementarity: a geographical order and a chronological one. Both representations depend on each other to express their full meaning; that is, the consideration of urban geography as a reservoir of memory and Aeneas’s shield as organized narrative history.
Fil: de Santis, Guillermo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Córdoba. Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios sobre Cultura y Sociedad. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios sobre Cultura y Sociedad; Argentina
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de Santis, Guillermo; The ekphrastic History of Rome: complementarity of geographical description and Aeneas’s shield in Book 8 of the Aeneid; Editorial Academei Romane; Ephemeris Dacorromana; XV; 12-2013; 1-33
1582-1854
2457-3450
CONICET Digital
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1582-1854
2457-3450
CONICET Digital
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