Vergil in the Grynean Grove: Two Riddles in the Third Eclogue

Dix, T. Keith

doi:10.1086/367469

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“…Wormell (1960, 29) has pointed out that many scholars are satisfied to simply identify the flower in question, ignoring the actual wording of the riddle and thus avoiding the issue of more than one possible geographical or mythological answer. Dix (1995) takes has been reached among the myriad answers proposed for Damoetas' riddle. There is agreement, however, that the answer is either astronomical (e.g., the sphere of Archimedes 45 or part of the constellation Auriga 46 ) or literary (e.g., Aratus' Phaenomena).…”

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Latet Anguis in Herba : A Reading of Vergil's Third Eclogue

Schultz¹

2003

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Most scholarship on Vergil's third Eclogue sees tension between Damoetas and Menalcas. This article argues that they sing with the same voice; instead, tension lies between the herdsmen and Palaemon, whose harmonious relationship with his environment contrasts with their pessimistic attitude. Emblematic of this distinction is that the herdsmen fear the snake lurking in the grass, while Palaemon sees the grass as the perfect place for poetic composition. Different outlooks mirror different approaches to the pastoral genre. This prompts Palaemon to award both singers the vitula, symbol of pastoral's realistic aspect, rather than the cups, which represent the genre's poetic register.

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