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International Journal of English Literature and Culture Vol. 2(8), pp. 170-174, August, 2014 ISSN: 2360-7831 DOI: 10.14662/IJELC2014.049 Review The Sybil in Aeneid Six
Alexandra Salyga Reynolds
E-mail: asalygar@uwo.ca
Accepted 16 August 2014
This paper tracks
how Vergil used his character Deiphobe Glauki the sibyl to comment on
Aeneas' development as a hero through during his trip to the underworld
in book six of the Aeneid. Deiphobe's name, affiliation, how she is
characteristically referred to, her gender, her role as Aeneas' guide,
and how she compares to other figures who belong to these generic
categories are all relevant to her influence on Aeneas' development.
Deiphobe also elucidates Aeneas' relationship with the goddesses Diana
and Proserpina, the dead, including generic categories of dead people,
figures already renowned from mythology, literature, and history, his
father Anchises, and the Romans' mythic past.
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