Vol. 31 No. 1 (2005): XXXI - 2005, fascicolo 1
Articoli

L’ambigua dote di Scilla (a proposito di <em>Ov. Met.</em> 8.53-54)

Published 2014-04-14

Keywords

  • Ovid,
  • Scylla,
  • elegy,
  • tradition

Abstract

Ovid’s description of Scylla shows traces of both the elegiac tradition, which features her as a victim (like Propertius’ Tarpeia), and of tragedy (cf. Aesch. Choe. 613 ff.), where she is presented as a blood-thirsty heroine.