Faith in Fate: Plot, Gods, and Metapoetic Morality in Valerius Flaccus

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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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Main Author:	Lovatt, Helen
Other Authors:	Augoustakis, Antony
Format:	Book Section
Language:	English
Published:	University of Toronto Press 2018
Online Access:	https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/55857/

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