%0 Journal Article
%T THE AMOROUS QUEEN AND THE COUNTRY BUMPKIN: CLYTAEMESTRA AND EGISTUS IN DRACONTIUS¡¯ ORESTIS TRAGOEDIA
%A Betine Van Zyl Smit
%J Akroterion
%D 2012
%I Stellenbosch University
%R 10.7445/55-0-15
%X This paper investigates the depiction of Clytaemestra and Egistus in the narrative poem of the North African poet, Dracontius. A close reading of the Latin epyllion explores the similarities and differences between this Clytaemestra and Egistus and their representation in the Greek and Roman tradition.
%U http://akroterion.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/15