Like the phrase ‘plena deo’ in Med. fr. 2 and also the close of her. 12, Medea’s monologue in met. 7 recalls the description of the Sibyl in Vergil, Aen. 6. The heroine’s self-exhortation to ‘shake off’ the flames of love ‘conceived in the virgin’s breast’ alludes to the vain attempt by the prophetess to ‘shake off’ the god from her ‘breast’. Ovid elaborates on the image of inspiration as erotic possession, evokes the idea of abortion and foreshadows Medea’s infanticide.
Medea e la Sibilla. Metafore, allusività, prefigurazione in Ovidio, ‘Metamorfosi’ 7, 17-21
BESSONE, Federica
2012-01-01
Abstract
Like the phrase ‘plena deo’ in Med. fr. 2 and also the close of her. 12, Medea’s monologue in met. 7 recalls the description of the Sibyl in Vergil, Aen. 6. The heroine’s self-exhortation to ‘shake off’ the flames of love ‘conceived in the virgin’s breast’ alludes to the vain attempt by the prophetess to ‘shake off’ the god from her ‘breast’. Ovid elaborates on the image of inspiration as erotic possession, evokes the idea of abortion and foreshadows Medea’s infanticide.
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