I'm working on tacitus' use of furor in relation to Messalina (Claudius'
wife) and I remembered the Aeneid passage with Amata raging out of control
(like a top) in Aeneid 7. I seem to recall reading it as an undergrad over
20 years ago. Does anyone have any current thoughts on the role of Amata
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J. L. P. B. mentions Alison Keith; the title:
Keith, A.M. , Engendering Rome: Women in Latin Epic, Cambridge (2000)
http://www.cup.org/titles/catalogue.asp?isbn=052155621X ($US19.00 paperback)
see index s.v. Amata
also:
On Amata and Allecto see Feeney D.C. (1991) The Gods in Epic: Poets and
At 02:03 AM 9/11/2002 +, you wrote:
I'm working on tacitus' use of furor in relation to Messalina (Claudius'
wife) and I remembered the Aeneid passage with Amata raging out of control
(like a top) in Aeneid 7. I seem to recall reading it as an undergrad over
20 years ago. Does anyone have
