%0 Journal Article %T El pedido de armas de Venus a Vulcano (En. 8. 370-406): algunos intertextos %A Cairo %A Mar¨ªa Emilia %J Circe de cl£¿£¿sicos y modernos %D 2010 %I Scientific Electronic Library Online %X the aim of this paper is to study the episode of aeneid 8 in which venus asks vulcan to make an armour for aeneas. in particular, we are interested in investigating the intertextual relationships which it bears to four passages of the epic tradition: iliad 18, iliad 14, odyssey 8 and lucretius' proem to de rerum natura. the analysis of virgilian imitatio contributes to the study of the complexity of venus' character. %K aeneid 8 %K venus %K vulcan %K intertextuality %K imitatio. %U http://www.scielo.org.ar/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1851-17242010000100002&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en