The Judgement of Paris as Examined by a Lawyer and a Christian Moralist: Dracontius’ De raptu Helenae
The Judgement of Paris as Examined by a Lawyer and a Christian Moralist: Dracontius’ De raptu Helenae
Author(s): Natalia CichońSubject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Literary Texts, Studies of Literature
Published by: Uniwersytet Adama Mickiewicza
Keywords: Dracontius; Late Antiquity; Paris; Helena; legal language; Latin poetry; moralism
Summary/Abstract: In this paper I examine Dracontius’ poem De raptu Helenae to prove his unconventionality and originality inpresenting a well-known myth. He analyses the story of the judgement of Paris from the legal point of viewusing professional, legal vocabulary. At the same time he takes into account also the moral and Christian dilemmasand thereby he finds completely new aspects and interpretations, ignored by previous poets.
Journal: Symbolae Philologorum Posnaniensium Graecae et Latinae
- Issue Year: XXVI/2016
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 157-170
- Page Count: 14
- Language: English