VENUS' BOOTS and the SHADOW of CAESAR in BOOK 1 of VIRGIL'S AENEID

Jake Nabel

doi:10.1017/S0009838815000178

VENUS' BOOTS and the SHADOW of CAESAR in BOOK 1 of VIRGIL'S AENEID

Jake Nabel

Classics and Ancient Mediterranean Studies

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Uirginibus Tyriis mos est gestare pharetram, purpureoque alte suras uincire cothurno. It is customary for us Tyrian girls to carry a quiver and to lace our calves up high in red boots. (Verg. Aen. 1.336-7) With these words a disguised Venus explains the accessories of her costume to Aeneas and Achates shortly after the Trojan landing in North Africa. Even detailed commentaries on this passage overlook an important feature: the lines contain a reference to Julius Caesar, who claimed descent from Venus and made a political point of wearing red boots during his dictatorship. This allusion to Caesar connects in significant ways to adjoining passages of the first book of the Aeneid.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	689-692
Number of pages	4
Journal	Classical Quarterly
Volume	65
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/S0009838815000178
State	Published - Dec 1 2015

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