A Night in Cyprus (Verg. Aen. 1.657-697)

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dc.identifier	ECF_chapter_6542
dc.contributor.author	Barchiesi Alessandro
dc.title	A Night in Cyprus (Verg. Aen. 1.657-697)
dc.type	Chapter
dc.language.iso	en
dc.description.abstract	In a short and unprecedented episode of Book 1, the Aeneid has Venus swap Iulus and Cupid: the goddess transfers Iulus to Cyprus for one night only, and has Cupid impersonate Iulus at the court of Carthage. This paper examines the reasons why the model of Cleopatra and Caesarion is relevant to the episode, in particular via the political significance of the Cypriot location and the reference to Cleopatra’s visual propaganda.
dc.relation.ispartof	Antiquity Studies
dc.relation.ispartof	Filologia e letteratura
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Digital Publishing, Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari
dc.issued	2021-12-16
dc.dateAccepted	2021-06-23
dc.dateSubmitted	2021-05-17
dc.identifier.uri	http://edizionicafoscari.it/en/edizioni4/libri/978-88-6969-549-0/a-night-in-cyprus-verg-aen-1657-697/
dc.identifier.doi	10.30687/978-88-6969-548-3/027
dc.identifier.issn	2610-8828
dc.identifier.eissn	2610-9344
dc.identifier.isbn	978-88-6969-549-0
dc.identifier.eisbn	978-88-6969-548-3
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License
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dc.peer-review	no
dc.subject	Aphrodite
dc.subject	Aphrodite
dc.subject	Augustus
dc.subject	Augustus
dc.subject	Body doubles
dc.subject	Body doubles
dc.subject	Caesarion
dc.subject	Caesarion
dc.subject	Carthage and Alexandria in the Aeneid
dc.subject	Carthage and Alexandria in the Aeneid
dc.subject	Civil wars at Rome
dc.subject	Civil wars at Rome
dc.subject	Cleopatra
dc.subject	Cleopatra
dc.subject	Cyprus
dc.subject	Cyprus
dc.subject	Roman epic and politics
dc.subject	Roman epic and politics
dc.subject	Venus
dc.subject	Venus
dc.subject	Virgil
dc.subject	Virgil
dc.subject	impersonation
dc.subject	impersonation

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A Night in Cyprus (Verg. Aen. 1.657-697)

Alessandro Barchiesi New York University, USA

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In a short and unprecedented episode of Book 1, the Aeneid has Venus swap Iulus and Cupid: the goddess transfers Iulus to Cyprus for one night only, and has Cupid impersonate Iulus at the court of Carthage. This paper examines the reasons why the model of Cleopatra and Caesarion is relevant to the episode, in particular via the political significance of the Cypriot location and the reference to Cleopatra’s visual propaganda.

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Dec. 16, 2021

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June 23, 2021

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May 17, 2021

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978-88-6969-549-0

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978-88-6969-548-3

Keywords: Aphrodite • Carthage and Alexandria in the Aeneid • Cyprus • Augustus • Caesarion • impersonation • Civil wars at Rome • Virgil • Venus • Roman epic and politics • Cleopatra • Body doubles

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