Frontone De fer. Alsiens. 3, 231,16-233,17 Van den Hout: allusività, intertestualità e tecnica retorica

This paper focuses on Fronto, De fer. Alsiens. 3 fabula de Somno (Van den Hout 231,16- 233,17). Speci cally, it investigates both its Greek and Latin models, with special attention given to Augus- tan epic. Its aim is to explore the work’s literary genre and sources. To this end De fer. Alsiens. 3 will be considered with respect to its self-distancing from Hesiodic cosmogony, its allusion to Pindar, its handling of Augustan literary sources and its references to Statius’ Thebaid. It will examine the expressive potential of rhetoric in combination with a philosophical (speci cally, ethical) message.