The Virgilians’ Catabasis (Georgics IV and Aeneid VI): Omniauincit Amor
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catabasis, Georgics IV, Orpheus, Aristeu, Aeneas, Aeneid VIAbstract
In The Georgics: Book IV, in two parallel narratives, the shepherd Aristeus and the poet Orpheus embark on different personal journeys. In the context of the Virgilian work, the transcendental journey of these two characters foreshadows the catabasis (descent to hell) of Aeneas in The Aeneid: Book VI. Marking the midpoint of Virgil’s career, The Georgics, like the journeys of Aristeus and Orpheus, represents the two-faced god Janus insofar as the work anticipates the production of The Aeneid without losing sight of the past (The Bucolics).
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