‘Secundas enim mensas habetis’: Petron. 68, 1-2 e un’allusione virgiliana
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This article aims at showing the presence of a literary allusion to Virgil in Petron. 68, 1-2. The changing of the individual tables assigned to Trimalchio’s guests and his subsequent wordplay are a well-constructed reference to the prodigy of the eating of the tables described in Aen. VII 107-129 and to Celaeno’s oracle in Aen. III 250-257. In this passage, through his actions and words, Trimalchio is once again trying to show off his literary knowledge by challenging the superior culture of the scholastici invited for dinner.
keywordsCena Trimalchionis, Petronius, secundae mensae, wordplay, Virgil, prodigy of the eating of the tables.Biografia dell'autoreScuola Normale Superiore. Email: marta.perilli@sns.it |