Dido Spellbound: Love Magic in Vergil, Aeneid 1

Leonardo Costantini

Dido Spellbound: Love Magic in Vergil, Aeneid 1

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This article aims to cast light on the magical colour in the description of Cupid causing Dido to fall in love with Aeneas in Aeneid 1. It is proposed that Cupid’s actions are represented in a way that recalls a ritual for erotic magic, mirroring the dynamics of Eros seducing Medea in Argonautica 3. Dido’s subsequent frenzy in Aeneid 4 may thus be seen as the consequence of this “love-charm”.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	292-299
Number of pages	8
Journal	Rheinisches Museum für Philologie
Volume	165
Issue number	3/4
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2023

Keywords

Latin literature
Virgil
Aeneid
Apollonius of Rhodes
Argonautica
magic

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Bridging cultural diversity through magic: the seduction of Dido in Vergil’s Aeneid
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