Vol. 33 No. 3 (2007): XXXIII - 2007, fascicolo 3
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L’idillio 7 di Teocrito: la doppia investitura

Published 2013-07-04

Keywords

  • Theocritus,
  • Seventh Idill,
  • Lycidas,
  • allusion

Abstract

In Theocritus’ seventh idyll, Lycidas is a divine figure, possibly Dionysus. This would imply an allusion to Ptolemy Philadelphus, given the importance of Dionysiac cults in Ptolemaic propaganda.

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