Servius’s View on the Myth of Orpheus
Servius’s View on the Myth of Orpheus
Author(s): Damian PierzakSubject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: Servius; myth; Orpheus; grammatici
Summary/Abstract: Servius himself did not concern scholars to larger extent. The idea of the following paper is to make some observations on the grammarian’s persona and, more specifically, regarding his mythological studies. The description of Orpheus by Servius shows some of the peculiarities of the way in which author of the Commentaries deals with such material.
Journal: Scripta Classica
- Issue Year: 2012
- Issue No: 9
- Page Range: 99-105
- Page Count: 7
- Language: English