Bee Swarms and New Polities: The Influence of Plato’s Laws on Virgil’s Aeneid
Bee Swarms and New Polities: The Influence of Plato’s Laws on Virgil’s Aeneid
Author(s): Lee FratantuonoSubject(s): Philosophy, Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, Ethics / Practical Philosophy, Philosophy of Law
Published by: Новосибирский государственный университет
Keywords: Plato; Virgil; Troy; Italy; bees;
Summary/Abstract: The influence of Plato on Virgil has been the subject of research into the sources for the Aeneid. Plato’s longest work, the Nomoi or Laws, has not received attention as a possible inspiration for Virgil. Close study of certain passages will demonstrate that Plato’s use of bee imagery in particular as part of his metaphorical description of the process by which new polities are established may have been influential on Virgil’s artistic presentation of the development and foundation of what would develop into the Lavinium of the future.
Journal: ΣΧΟΛΗ. Философское антиковедение и классическая традиция
- Issue Year: XIX/2025
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 779-795
- Page Count: 17
- Language: English
