Moving Labyrinths: Virgil’s Art of Multiple Narrative

Frederick Ahl

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Abstract: In the Aeneid Virgil creates a complex semantic labyrinth where multiple traditions, each belonging to a separate historical or mythic context, are drawn into what appears to be a single new narrative. That new narrative is in constant dialogue with its constituent elements and so exists in a paradoxically unstable Einsteinian geography of space and time. Neither readers nor the hero Aeneas can ever be sure how to position themselves to understand what is seen or experienced. Further, as Virgil’s narrative of Daedalus shows, he not only becomes, like Daedalus, a maker of, and prisoner within, labyrinths of his own design but also pressures the reader to collaborate in creating (and escaping) them.

Keywords: Aeneas; Daedalus; Dido; Herodotus; Labyrinth; Minotaur; Octavian; Sextus Pompey; Rome; Virgil.

Resumo: Na Eneida, Virgílio cria um labirinto semântico complexo, no qual múltiplas tradições, cada uma pertencendo a um contexto mítico e histórico separado, são elaboradas no que parece ser uma narrativa nova única. Esta nova narrativa está em constante diálogo com seus elementos constitutivos, culminando, assim, em uma geografia de espaço e tempo einsteineana paradoxalmente instável. Nem os leitores nem o herói Enéas podem estar seguros de como se posicionar para compreender o que é visto ou experimentado. Ademais, como mostra a narrativa de Virgílio sobre Dédalo, 1 I owe special thanks to Maria Cecília de Miranda Nogueira Coelho, whose invitation, o primeiro, como o segundo, não apenas se torna um criador e prisioneiro dos labirintos que constrói, mas também induz o leitor a colaborar na sua criação (e na sua fuga).

Palavras-chave: Enéas; Dédalo; Dido; Heródoto; Labirinto; Minotauro; Otávio; Pompeu Sexto; Roma; Virgílio


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Aeneas; Daedalus; Dido; Herodotus; Labyrinth; Minotaur; Octavian; Sextus Pompey; Rome; Virgil.

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17851/1983-3636.13.2.17-38

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