A Note on Verg. Georg. 1.393-397

Abstract

In this paper I take a close look at the way Vergil reworks Aratus’ weather signs in Georgics 1.393-397. This in turn leads to a new interpretation of these difficult lines and allows for a political and poetical reading of the passage.

Keywords

• Vergil
• Georgics
• weather signs
• Aratus
• Phaenomena
• intertextuality