title: Successive Similes in Valerius Flaccus’ Argonautica 4. 682–688
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metadata.value: Kotova, Anastasia V.
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metadata.value: 2020-02-07T14:43:14Z
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metadata.value: 2020-02-07T14:43:14Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2019-12
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metadata.value: Anastasia V. Kotova. Successive Similes in Valerius Flaccus’ Argonautica 4. 682–688. Philologia Classica 2019, 14 (2), 318–323.
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metadata.value: https://doi.org/10.21638/11701/spbu20.2019.211
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/17061
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metadata.value: This article tackles a string of similes in Valerius Flaccus’ Argonautica 4. 682–688. To secure the
  possible sources of what seems to be a successive simile, I discuss the semantic complexity of
  the expression detorquet in ilia, the syntactic function of invito and cornu, and the problem of
  interpretation of Vulcanius ardor. Building on several scholars’ opinions on the meaning of detorquet
  in ilia and coercere (v. 683) I suggest that there are two successive actions to this simile: a
  man tames the bull and then yokes a pair of them; accordingly, ilia stands for the man’s, not the
  bull’s groin. Invito cornu is taken as an ablative of means. An overview of scholarly opinion on the
  interpretation of Vulcanius ardor allows it to conjecture that it is the work going on in Vulcan’s
  forge, the activity resulting in waves and roar. The list of possible sources of the second simile is
  supplemented by the passage from the Aeneid, 3. 554–557. The phenomenon of successive similes
  is absent in Virgil’s Aeneid, but can be found in Homer’s Iliad (8. 455–483). By contriving such
  strings Valerius Flaccus refers both to Homer and further develops this technique in his own way.
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metadata.value: en
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metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
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metadata.value: Philologia Classica;Volume 14; Issue 2
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Roman epic poetry
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Valerius Flaccus
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metadata.value: Argonautica
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metadata.value: successive similes
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metadata.value: Successive Similes in Valerius Flaccus’ Argonautica 4. 682–688
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metadata.value: Article
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