Vol. 40 No. 1 (2014): XL - 2014
Articoli

<em>Cadentia sidera</em> e l’ora della notte nell’<em>Eneide</em> (2.8 s.; 4.80 s.; 8.59)

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  • Roberta Caldini Montanari
DOI: https://doi.org/10.14601/prometheus-14820

Published 2014-09-02

Keywords

  • Aeneid,
  • sidera,
  • cado,
  • hour of the night
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Abstract

This paper discusses the meaning of Vergil’s expression cadentia sidera in the contexts of Aeneid 2 and 4. In disagreement with the usual interpretation (“the setting stars”), the meaning of cadentia sidera can be clarified with reference to the hour of the night (with relevant parallels in Sappho 168B and Dante, Inferno 7.98 s.), and to the expression primisque cadentibus astris in Aen. 8.59, where cado is used in a different sense.
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