Along the Curving Shore Monstra and Failures of Hospitium in Aeneid 3

• Autores: Christopher Nappa
• Localización: Latomus: revue d'études latines, ISSN 0023-8856, Vol. 79, Nº. 2, 2020, págs. 361-383
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The third book of the Aeneid falls into three sections, each of which is structured around the combination of a monstrum, the phrase litus curuum, and the theme of hospitality; they all explore the relationship between mortals and the divine. The book as a whole, then, serves to outline and advance a necessary moral lesson for Aeneas and his followers about hospitium, a value crucial to the survival of refugees in general and to the development of the Trojans in particular, who learn that even in their time of need hospitium must remain a reciprocal institution.