El pedido de armas de Venus a Vulcano (En. 8. 370-406): algunos intertextos

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.