The essay proposes a new interpretation of the dressing of Venus in the Epithalamium dictum Maximo v.s. by Magnus Felix Ennodius. The description constitutes a hybridization between the profane representation of the goddess (knot-hair, kestos) and the clothing of the virgins nuptae deo (cyclas, a purplish dress adorned with gems and pearls). Moreover, an important literary source, not yet noticed by the recent studies, is identified: an ingredient of the potion of the witch Erichto in Lucan. 6,678 indisputably explains the verse 77 et latet in concis melior custode veneno in the Epithalamium.
La vestizione di Venere (Ennod. carm. 1,4,74-81 H. = 388,74-81 V.): un mélange pagano e cristiano
Alessia Prontera
2021-01-01
Abstract
The essay proposes a new interpretation of the dressing of Venus in the Epithalamium dictum Maximo v.s. by Magnus Felix Ennodius. The description constitutes a hybridization between the profane representation of the goddess (knot-hair, kestos) and the clothing of the virgins nuptae deo (cyclas, a purplish dress adorned with gems and pearls). Moreover, an important literary source, not yet noticed by the recent studies, is identified: an ingredient of the potion of the witch Erichto in Lucan. 6,678 indisputably explains the verse 77 et latet in concis melior custode veneno in the Epithalamium.
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