Faith in Fate: Plot, Gods, and Metapoetic Morality in Valerius Flaccus
This paper examines fides as a literary concept and asks how metaliterary faith fits in with morality, intertextuality and trust in the gods. It begins by examining the phrase nec vana fides in situations related to prophecy and belief in the gods, including the prophetic contest of Mopsus and Idmon...
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University of Toronto Press
2018
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| Online Access: | https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/55857/ |