Parallelismi tra la provocazione di Numano Remulo ai Troiani e l’incoraggiamento di Tarconte agli Etruschi

Abstract

The article aims to highlight the parallels between two passages of Virgil's Aeneid: the verbal attack of Numanus Remulus to the Trojans (9,598-620) and the encouraging speech of Tarcone to the Etruscans (11.732-740). The author’s aim is to demonstrate through the philological analysis that Virgil has put in parallel the stereotypical representation of the Trojans and the Etruscans, in order to attribute to both peoples similar tendencies: abandonment to amorous adventures and dances, the fear of looking like women, and the courageous reaction of the two leaders, respectively of Ascanio and Tarcone.

Keywords

• virgil
• aeneid
• stereotypes
• etruscans
• troians