Skip to main content

Lund University Publications

LUND UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES

A Note on Aeneid 6.893-8

Jönsson, Arne LU and Roos, Bengt-Arne (1996) In Eranos 94. p.21-28
Abstract
One of the most puzzling passages of Vergil's Aeneid is the last lines of book VI where Aeneas and the Sibyl leave the underworld through the gate of ivory, the gate of false dreams. "Few passages of the Aeneid have given rise to more controversies and divergence of judgement" (Brooks Otis). In this article we analyse the linguistic context and propose a new solution to the problem.
Please use this url to cite or link to this publication:
author
and
organization
publishing date
type
Contribution to journal
publication status
published
subject
keywords
dreams, sleep, Vergil, the underworld, textual criticism
in
Eranos
volume
94
pages
21 - 28
ISSN
0013-9947
language
English
LU publication?
yes
id
fe19a8f3-31f4-4b46-88ca-54fb721186d3 (old id 1497186)
date added to LUP
2016-04-04 09:05:09
date last changed
2018-11-21 20:50:40
@article{fe19a8f3-31f4-4b46-88ca-54fb721186d3,
  abstract     = {{One of the most puzzling passages of Vergil's Aeneid is the last lines of book VI where Aeneas and the Sibyl leave the underworld through the gate of ivory, the gate of false dreams. "Few passages of the Aeneid have given rise to more controversies and divergence of judgement" (Brooks Otis). In this article we analyse the linguistic context and propose a new solution to the problem.}},
  author       = {{Jönsson, Arne and Roos, Bengt-Arne}},
  issn         = {{0013-9947}},
  keywords     = {{dreams; sleep; Vergil; the underworld; textual criticism}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  pages        = {{21--28}},
  series       = {{Eranos}},
  title        = {{A Note on Aeneid 6.893-8}},
  volume       = {{94}},
  year         = {{1996}},
}