Immolare in Virgilio

The verb immolare has only three occurrences in the entire Virgilian work, all in the Aeneid and all referring to Aeneas: in his slaughter after the death of Pallas in l. X he makes human sacrifices and when he kills Turnus at the end of the poem, he defines it as a sacrifice. The contrast between t...

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Autor: Gagliardi, Paola
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Murcia
Repositorio:DIGITUM. Depósito Digital Institucional de la Universidad de Murcia
OAI Identifier:oai:digitum.um.es:10201/136089
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10201/136089
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Immolare
Ira di Enea
Anger of Aeneas
Morte di Turno
Death of Turnus
Sacrificio umano
Human sacrifice
CDU::8- Lingüística y literatura
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Sumario:The verb immolare has only three occurrences in the entire Virgilian work, all in the Aeneid and all referring to Aeneas: in his slaughter after the death of Pallas in l. X he makes human sacrifices and when he kills Turnus at the end of the poem, he defines it as a sacrifice. The contrast between the sacred value of immolation and the horror of human sacrifice is surprising and deserves an analysis.