Abstract
As Plutarch's 'Quaestiones Romanae' 10 summarizes, the origins and meaning of the Roman custom of veiling one's head during several religious ceremonies were for long and thoroughly discussed by ancient historians, grammaticians, poets and philosophers. The surviving sources demonstrate the existence of at least three different explanations: the 'customary', the allegorical and the ritual one.
Titolo tradotto del contributo | [Autom. eng. transl.] 'Velare comas' (Aen. III, 405): Virgil and the ancient debate on the origin and meaning of male veiling in Roman religion |
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Lingua originale | Italian |
pagine (da-a) | 259-281 |
Numero di pagine | 23 |
Rivista | AEVUM ANTIQUUM |
Volume | NS 2023 |
Stato di pubblicazione | Pubblicato - 2023 |
Keywords
- velo, velazione del capo, Plutarco, Virgilio, religione romana
- veil, head covering, Plutarch, Virgil, roman religion