The Gate of Horns: History and Fiction in Ovid’s Cipus Episode (Met. 15.565–621)

Ovid’s tale of Cipus, the returning general who discovers that horns have miraculously appeared on his forehead, combines narrative elements that point back to the poem’s early books with others that suggest historiography. Cipus’ own hybridity, therefore, figures a generic combination that simultan...

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Main Author: Andrew Feldherr
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: Université Lille-3 2022-12-01
Series:Dictynna
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/dictynna/2919