К ВОПРОСУ О КОМПОЗИЦИИ ЦЕПЕЙ СРАВНЕНИЙ В «ЭНЕИДЕ» ВЕРГИЛИЯ
ON COMPOSITION OF SIMILE CHAINS IN VIRGIL’S “AENEID”

Summary/Abstract: A chain of similes understood as a literary technique is considered in the article. The author examines two types of chains: the firstone is in the 5-th book of the “Aeneid” and consists of three similes: Dares attacking Entellus – someone besieging a city or a mountain fort (V, 439–442), Entellus falling down – a pine tree falling on Erymanthus or Ida (V, 446–449), Entellus’ flurry of blows on Dares – hail that hits roofs (V, 455–460). The second chain of similes is found in the 10-th book and consists of four similes: MezentiuS surrounded by Tyrrhenians – a rock beaten by wind and waves (X, 693–696), foes that are afraid to approach Mezentius – hunters that are afraid of approach in a boar (X, 707–718), Mezentius –a lion, his foes –a goat / deer (X, 723–729), Mezentius – Orion(X, 763–768). The author analyzes composition peculiarities of both simile chains and points out to a variety of their models: in the 5-th book, Virgil prepares his readers for the finale by means of simile chains; in the 10-th book, the finale looks rather unexpected. Mezentius is presented as a ‘winner’ in all four similes; in the finale he is posed as a ‘victim’.

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